Lhotshampa

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noun

A member of a heterogeneous Bhutanese people of Nepalese descent, native to southern Bhutan.

Origindz ལྷོ་མཚམས་པ →
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Meanings

nounLhotshampa (plural Lhotshampas or Lhotshampa)

plural Lhotshampas · alternative Lhotsampa

  1. A member of a heterogeneous Bhutanese people of Nepalese descent, native to southern Bhutan.

Origin

  1. dzལྷོ་མཚམས་པ
  2. EnglishLhotshampa

Borrowed from Dzongkha ལྷོ་མཚམས་པ (lho mtshams pa, literally “southern borderlander”).

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APA

Lhotshampa. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lhotshampa

MLA

“Lhotshampa.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lhotshampa. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Lhotshampa,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lhotshampa.

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