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US
/ˈɫɑsə/
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NOUN
- a breed of terrier having a long heavy coat raised in Tibet as watchdogs
- the sacred city of Lamaism; known as the Forbidden City for its former inaccessibility and hostility to strangers
How To Use Lhasa In A Sentence
- These rocks are interpreted as a forearc succession that developed in association with north-directed subduction beneath the Lhasa terrane.
- By contrast, an average policy for a lhasa apso costs 55.62, while premiums for a shih tzu come to 56.02. Times, Sunday Times
- The dogs included shih-tzus, dachshunds, Lhasa apsos, bearded collies, corgis, chihuahuas, poodles, Pekinese and Yorkshire terriers.
- He was escorted to Lhasa where he was ordained into monkhood by the Panchen Lama, Tenpai Wangchuk, and was given the name Ngawang Lobsang Thupten Gyatso Jigdral Chokley Namgyal. The Dalai Lamas
- The village of Nagch'uk'a beside which we were camped is situated south of Chomora Lake in the Lhasa district and contains about sixty houses built of mud and brick, but most of its people live in black tents, preferring a nomadic life. With the Tibetans in Tent and Temple: Narrative of Four Years' Residence on the Tibetan Borders, and of a Journey into the Far Interior
- Police patrols in Lhasa routinely include one member with a fire extinguisher. Times, Sunday Times
- At least as common are the Tibetans, the shock-headed long-coated little dogs which came to China during the Manchu dynasty as gifts from the grand lamas at Lhasa.’
- Martz, who is single, has two small dogs: Su-Nae, a five-year-old Coton, and Sherpa, a 14-year-old Lhasa apso and the company's eponym.
- The Daily also reported that there were about 50,000 dogs in Lhasa - some kept as watchdogs or pets and others for religious reasons.
- The dogs included shih-tzus, dachshunds, lhasa apsos, bearded collies, corgis, chihuahuas, poodles, pekinese and Yorkshire terriers.