Etymology

Changtang

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Today it means: A part of the high altitude Tibetan Plateau in western and northern Tibet extending into southeastern Ladakh, India. Full definition →

Tibetan བྱང་ཐང
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  1. Tibetan · borrowed fromབྱང་ཐང
  2. English todayChangtang

From Tibetan བྱང་ཐང (byang thang).

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