Meanings
proper noun
- A prefecture-level city of the Tibet Autonomous Region, China.
Youdon was arrested in her hometown of Tsarang Township, Amdo County in Tibet’s Nagchu region.
[2022 July 14, Sangyal Kunchok, Nawar Nemeh, “Tibetan Woman Arrested for Dalai Lama Photo”, in Tenzin Dickyi, transl., Radio Free Asia, archived from the original on 14 Jul 20221 more example
The Dalai Lama gave few details about the boy or how he was discovered. He said only that the child was born in the Lhari district in Nagqu four months after the previous Panchen Lama died in January 1989.
1995 May 15, “Tibet Buddhists Call Boy, 6, Reincarnation of No. 2 Monk”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 05 Mar 2010, Section A, page 6
Origin
- Tibetanནག་ཆུ
- EnglishNagqu
From Tibetan ནག་ཆུ (nag chu).
More words from Tibetan
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Cantonese 那曲
- 那曲 (naa⁵ kuk¹)prefecture-level city
Chinese Mandarin 那曲
- 那曲 (Nàqǔ, Nàqū)prefecture-level city
Polish Nagqu
- Nagquprefecture-level city
Cite this entry
APA
Nagqu. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Nagqu
MLA
“Nagqu.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Nagqu. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Nagqu,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Nagqu.
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