Lhasa Synonyms

läsə, lăsə
The sacred city of Lamaism; known as the Forbidden City for its former inaccessibility and hostility to strangers
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. lassa
  2. capital of Tibet
  3. forbidden-city
A breed of terrier having a long heavy coat raised in Tibet as watchdogs
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. lhasa-apso

Lhasa Sentence Examples

  • Odoric set out on his travels about 1318, and his journeys embraced parts of India, the Malay Archipelago, China and even Tibet, where he was the first European to enter Lhasa, not yet a forbidden city.

  • In 1715 Fathers Desideri and Freyre made their way from Agra, across the Himalayas, to Lhasa, and the Capuchin Friar Orazio della Penna resided in that city from 1735 until 1747.

  • He left Holland in 1718, went by land through Persia to India, and eventually made his way to Lhasa, where he resided for a long time.

  • He went thence to China, returned to Lhasa, and was in India in time to be an eye-witness of the sack of Delhi by Nadir Shah in 1737.

  • Krishna's remarkable journey in 1879-1882 extended from Lhasa northwards through Tsaidam to Sachu, or Saitu, in Mongolia.

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