རྒྱ་ནག

Tibetan

Etymology

རྒྱ (rgya, “extent, size; country, empire”) +‎ ནག (nag, “black”), literally "the black expanse; the black empire".

Pronunciation

Proper noun

རྒྱ་ནག • (rgya nag)

  1. China; in particular, regions populated by Han Chinese
    Synonym: ཀྲུང་གོ (krung go)

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