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Definition of Thibet
1. Noun. An autonomous region of the Peoples Republic of China; located in the Himalayas.
Geographical relationships: Lamaism, Tibetan Buddhism, Sino-tibetan, Sino-tibetan Language
Generic synonyms: Asian Country, Asian Nation
Terms within: Capital Of Tibet, Forbidden City, Lassa, Lhasa, Changtzu, Everest, Mount Everest, Mt. Everest, Gosainthan, Himalaya, Himalaya Mountains, Himalayas, Kanchanjanga, Kanchenjunga, Kinchinjunga, Mount Kanchenjunga, Lhotse, Makalu, Nuptse
Group relationships: Asia
Member holonyms: Sherpa
Derivative terms: Tibetan
Definition of Thibet
1. Proper noun. (obsolete form of Tibet) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Thibet
1. a woollen stuff [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Thibet
Literary usage of Thibet
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in by John Pinkerton (1814)
"Saunders, Reife in Thibet, &c. (Travels in Thibet, with Remarks by JR ...
Voyages au Thibet, faits en 1625 et 1626, par le P. Andrada : traduits par JP ..."
2. A Dictionary, Geographical, Statistical, and Historical: Of the Various by John Ramsay McCulloch (1851)
"In this, and in the absence of castes, consist some of the , mo«t striking
differences between the religion of Thibet and that of ..."
3. The Encyclopædia of Geography: Comprising a Complete Description of the by Hugh Murray, William Wallace, Robert Jameson, William Jackson Hooker, William Swainson (1855)
"M. Humboldt even views the two boundary chains of Thibet somewhat as debris
saillans, shattered branches from the Caucasus. The Hindoos, who see- them in ..."
4. A Dictionary Geographical, Statistical, and Historical of the Various by John Ramsay McCulloch, Frederick Martin (1866)
"74) describes the process of Little Thibet, as follows :— The two ends of the
... Thibet has, from time immemorial, been a country of considerable traffic; ..."
5. Library of the World's Best Literature: Ancient and Modern by Edward Cornelius Towne (1898)
"/Christianity in China, Tartary. and ^ Thibet, by the Abbé Hue. A curiously
interesting and elaborate history of the presence in the Chinese Empire of ..."
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