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Definition of Bhutan

1. Noun. A landlocked principality in the Himalayas to the northeast of India.

Definition of Bhutan

1. Proper noun. a landlocked Himalayan country in South Asia. Official name: Kingdom of Bhutan. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Bhutan

1. A kingdom in the eastern himalayas on the northeast border of india, bounded on the north by tibet, on the east by assam, on the south by assam and west bengal, and on the west by sikkim and tibet. From 1720 to 1970 it was under chinese or indian domination. In 1971 it became a member of the united nations. The name comes from the sanskrit bhota, the name for tibet, + anta, end, with reference to its location at the southern extremity of tibet. (12 Dec 1998)

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Literary usage of Bhutan

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Historians' History of the World: A Comprehensive Narrative of the Rise by Henry Smith Williams (1907)
"In March, 1892, Lord Roberts, then commander-in-chief in India, visited Khatmandu, and reviewed the army.a Bhutan Between the two native states of Nepal and ..."

2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"The foreign trade of Bhutan has greatly declined. In 1809 the trade between Assam and Bhutan amounted to £20000 per annum, the lac, madder, silk, ..."

3. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero, Ernest Alfred Benians (1909)
"Fortunately, the country could look forward to a period of tranquillity, and, with the exception of small operations on the frontiers, including Bhutan, ..."

4. Narratives of the Mission of George Bogle to Tibet, and of the Journey of by Sir Clements R Markham, George Bogle, Thomas Manning (1876)
"Reports of Missions to Bhutan." The first edition of this map was published ... A Sketch Map of Bhutan and of the Dooars " was inserted in the Bhutan ' Blue ..."

5. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"The climate of Bhutan varies according to the difference of elevation. ... The relations of the British with Bhutan commenced in 1772, ..."

6. The Imperial Gazetteer of India by Sir William Wilson Hunter (1886)
"The trade with Sikkim and Bhutan is at present too insignificant to require notice, although it is possible that our future entry into Tibet may lie through ..."

7. International Religious Freedom (2000): Report to Congress by the Department edited by Barbara Larkin (2001)
"Bhutan The law provides for religious freedom, and the Government generally ... In Bhutan, the Drukpa sect of the Kagyupa School, a branch of Mahayana ..."

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