Wangchuck

Wang·chuck
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US/ˈwɑːŋ.tʃʌk/US/ˈwæŋ.tʃʌk/UK/ˈwɒŋ.tʃʌk/

proper noun

A surname from Dzongkha, best known for being used by the ruling royal dynasty of Bhutan, established in 1907 by Ugyen Wangchuck.

Origindz དབང་ཕྱུག →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A surname from Dzongkha, best known for being used by the ruling royal dynasty of Bhutan, established in 1907 by Ugyen Wangchuck.

Origin

  1. dzདབང་ཕྱུག
  2. EnglishWangchuck

Borrowed from Dzongkha དབང་ཕྱུག (dbang phyug), from a compound of དབང (dbang, “power, dominion, authority”) + ཕྱུག (phyug, “rich, endowed with”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with Wangchuck

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Cite this entry
APA

Wangchuck. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Wangchuck

MLA

“Wangchuck.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Wangchuck. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Wangchuck,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Wangchuck.

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