Gyantse

English

Alternative forms

Gyangtse
Gyangzê

Etymology

From Tibetan རྒྱལ་རྩེ (rgyal rtse).

Pronunciation

enPR: gyänʹtsěʹ

Proper noun

Gyantse

A county of Shigatse, Tibet Autonomous Region, China.
A town in Gyantse County, Shigatse, Tibet Autonomous Region, China.

Synonyms

(from Mandarin Chinese) Jiangzi, Chiang-tzu

Translations

a town and a county in Tibet

Chinese:
Cantonese: 江孜 (gong¹ zi¹)

Mandarin: 江孜 (zh) (Jiāngzī)
Tibetan: རྒྱལ་རྩེ (rgyal rtse)

Further reading

Saul B. Cohen, editor (2008), “Gyangze”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎, volume 1, 2nd edition, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1479, column 3

Anagrams

Yangtse, ageynst

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