ལྗོངས

See also: ལིངས

Tibetan

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kl(j)u(ŋ/k) (“river; gorge”). Related to ཀླུང (klung, “river, stream, valley”), ལུང་པ (lung pa, “valley, district, homeland”).

Pronunciation

Noun

ལྗོངས • (ljongs)

  1. large valley, principal or main valley
  2. district, province, region, country

Derived terms

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