Meanings
proper noun
- A county of Lhasa, Tibet autonomous region, China.
The authorities said the landslide occurred in Maizhokunggar County, about 45 miles east of Lhasa, the capital of Tibet.
2013 March 29, David Barboza, “China: Landslide Buries Workers at Mine in Tibet”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 30 Mar 2013, Asia Pacific
Origin
- Tibetanམལ་གྲོ་གུང་དཀར
- EnglishMaizhokunggar
From Tibetan མལ་གྲོ་གུང་དཀར (mal gro gung dkar).
More words from Tibetan
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Cantonese 墨竹工卡
- 墨竹工卡 (mak⁶ zuk¹ gung¹ kaa¹)county
Chinese Mandarin 墨竹工卡
- 墨竹工卡 (Mòzhúgōngkǎ)county
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APA
Maizhokunggar. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Maizhokunggar
MLA
“Maizhokunggar.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Maizhokunggar. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Maizhokunggar,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Maizhokunggar.
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