Golog

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proper noun

A Tibetan autonomous prefecture of Qinghai, China.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A Tibetan autonomous prefecture of Qinghai, China.

    The epicentre of the Qinghai quake, which struck at 3:44 p.m. (0844 GMT), was located in Madoi county in the Golog prefecture at a depth of 14 km (8.7 miles), according to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC).

    2025 January 8, Ryan Woo, “Magnitude 5.5 earthquake strikes China near source of Yellow River”, in Christian Schmollinger, Jan Harvey, editors, Reuters, archived from the original on 08 Jan 2025
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    41 year-old Thupten from Golog Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture confirmed this threat of punishment. “The people in my area were very discontent when an election was announced. We knew that the candidates selected had already been carefully vetted by higher Chinese officials, and that our ‘voting’ was mere lip-service to Chinese claims of democracy, but we did it anyway.

    2000 September, “Corrupt and Farcical Elections”, in Racial Discrimination in Tibet, Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy, →OCLC, page 116

    The February 1982 National Geographic listed a figure of between 80,000 and 90,000 Gologs, living in six counties of the remote Golog Tibetan Prefecture in Qinghai Province, China. A total of 100,343 people lived in the Golog Prefecture in 1953, but by 1964 the population had diminished to only 56,071. Thousands of Golog migrated from the area. Thousands more were either killed in battle or starved to death by the Chinese army.

    2004, Paul Hattaway, Peoples of the Buddhist World: A Christian Prayer Diary, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 65

    The authorities, who said they had restored order in the region, said 6 people were arrested and 89 others had “surrendered” to the police. The attack involved monks from the Ragya Monastery in the Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Golog in Qinghai Province.

    2009 March 22, David Barboza, “Tibet Protesters Are Held in China After Riot”, in The New York Times (Asia Pacific section), New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 01 May 2011

    A non-profit project jointly initiated by Tencent Sports and the Yao Ming Foundation has brought students from Golog Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Qinghai Province a long way to the court of 2019 FIBA World Cup, connecting audience members’ hearts together during the halftime.

    2019 September 13, “Tencent Sports Public Service Project Shines at FIBA World Cup”, in AP News, archived from the original on 30 May 2022

Origin

  1. Tibetanམགོ་ལོག་་
  2. EnglishGolog

From Tibetan མགོ་ལོག་་ (mgo log).

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Translations

Chinese Cantonese 果洛
  • 果洛 (gwo² lok⁶)Tibetan autonomous prefecture
Chinese Mandarin 果洛
  • 果洛 (Guǒluò)Tibetan autonomous prefecture

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Cite this entry
APA

Golog. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Golog

MLA

“Golog.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Golog. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Golog,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Golog.

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