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