Meanings
proper noun
- A county of Chamdo, Tibet autonomous region, China.
Rinchen Samdrup, the third brother in his family to be jailed, ran an environmental NGO in mountainous Gonjo county, in the Tibet Autonomous Region near Sichuan Province.
2010 July 3, Lucy Hornby, Benjamin Kang Lim, Karen Yeung, “Tibetan environmentalist jailed for 5 years”, in Sugita Katyal, editor, Reuters
Origin
- Tibetanགོ་འཇོ་
- EnglishGonjo
From Tibetan གོ་འཇོ་ (go 'jo).
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Chinese Cantonese 貢覺 /贡觉
- 貢覺 /贡觉 (gung³ gok³)county
Chinese Mandarin 貢覺 /贡觉
- 貢覺 /贡觉 (Gòngjué)county
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Cite this entry
APA
Gonjo. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Gonjo
MLA
“Gonjo.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Gonjo. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Gonjo,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Gonjo.
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