Alternative forms

• La-sa

Etymology

From the Hanyu PinyinCategory:English terms borrowed from Hanyu Pinyin#LASACategory:English terms derived from Hanyu Pinyin#LASA romanization of MandarinCategory:English terms borrowed from Mandarin#LASACategory:English terms derived from Mandarin#LASA^[1] 拉薩／拉萨 (Lāsà).

Pronunciation

• enPR: läʹsäʹ^[1]
• Hyphenation: La‧sa

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Proper noun

LasaCategory:English lemmas#LASACategory:English proper nouns#LASACategory:English uncountable nouns#LASACategory:English entries with incorrect language header#LASACategory:Pages with entries#LASACategory:Pages with 2 entries#LASA

1. Synonym of Lhasa (capital city of Tibet): the Mandarin Chinese-derived name.
   • 1940, “The Mongolia Field”, in O. C. Grauer, editor, Fifty Wonderful Years: Missionary Service in Foreign Lands‎, Chicago: Scandinavian Alliance Mission, →OCLC, page 236:

     The head of the Buddhist religion for the Mongols is Dalai Lama who dwells in Lasa, Tibet. They believe that whatever comes from Tibet is holy and the Tibetan priests take full advantage of this faith of the Mongol people to enrich themselves. The Mongols in great caravans make pilgrimages to this holy city, Lasa, though they must pass through deserts with drifting sands and through rivers and over mountains and are plundered by robbers, and many fall by the way.

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   • 1979, Frederic M. Kaplan, Julian M. Sobin, Stephen Andors, “Land and Population”, in Encyclopedia of China Today‎, Eurasia Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 40, column 1:

     Lhasa (Lasa) is Tibet's capital and largest town, with a population of close to 140,000 in 1977. It lies north of the Brahmaputra River near the eastern end of the valley region. The city is dominated by the Potala, a monumental structure that was the spiritual and temporal center of traditional Tibet. Shigatse (Rikazi), to the west of Lhasa, is a second major town, with a population of about 40,000.

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   • 1982, A. A. Meyerhoff, “China's Petroleum Industry: Geology, Reserves, Technology, and Policies”, in David C. Buxbaum, Cassondra E. Joseph, Paul D. Reynolds, editors, China Trade: Prospects and Perspectives‎, Praeger Publishers, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 102:

     In the Qaidam Basin, a 1,100-kilometer pipeline is being completed to Lhasa (Lasa), clearly for military use. This one line alone represents 19 percent of China’s total oil pipeline kilometerage and 16 percent of its total oil and gas pipelines (Table 5.5).

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References

Anagrams

• AALS, ALSA, Alas., LAAS, aals, alas, sala

Proper noun

Lasa f (Cyrillic spelling Ласа)Category:Serbo-Croatian lemmas#LASACategory:Serbo-Croatian proper nouns#LASACategory:Requests for accents in Serbo-Croatian proper noun entries#LASACategory:Serbo-Croatian entries with incorrect language header#LASACategory:Serbo-Croatian feminine nouns#LASACategory:Pages with entries#LASACategory:Pages with 2 entries#LASA

1. Lhasa (the capital and largest city of the Tibet Autonomous Region, China)Category:sh:Cities in Tibet, China#LASACategory:sh:Cities in China#LASACategory:sh:Regional capitals of China#LASACategory:sh:Places in Tibet, China#LASACategory:sh:Places in China#LASA