English

Definition 1&2.

Definition 3.

Alternative forms

• Thibet

Proper noun

Tibet

1. The Tibetan Plateau, a plateau region in Central Asia, where the Tibetan people traditionally live, encompassing what is now Tibet Autonomous Region (also called Xizang), most of Qinghai, the western half of Sichuan, a small part of Yunnan and a small part of Gansu in the Peoples Republic of China, and also the country of Bhutan, and the Indian regions of Sikkim and Ladakh.
2. An independent kingdom that formerly existed in Central Asia where the Tibet Autonomous Region now is.
3. A common shorthand name for Tibet Autonomous Region, previously mostly coterminous with the independent portion of Tibet until 1950.

Usage notes

In Tibetan, བོད ‎(bod) properly refers to the entire plateau region that is translated to English as Tibet or Tibetan Plateau, of which Tibet Autonomous Region (西藏自治區／西藏自治区 Xīzàng Zìzhìqū) only forms one part. In international media, Tibet is often used as the shorthand name for Tibet Autonomous Region entity. In modern Chinese of the People's Republic of China, 西藏 (Xīzàng) refers to Tibet Autonomous Region (including P.R.C.-claimed Arunachal Pradesh in India), but is named after Tibetan དབུས་གཙང (Dbus-gtsang or Ü-Tsang), one of the traditional provinces of Tibet that includes the capital Lhasa. Today in the complex politics surrounding Tibet, the use of Tibet for the entire plateau can be offensive to Chinese people particularly in the People's Republic of China, while the use of Tibet exclusively for Tibet Autonomous Region can be offensive to Tibetan people. Additionally, when the term Tibetan Plateau is used consistently instead of Tibet to refer to བོད ‎(bod), it can also be considered insensitive to Tibetan people.

Synonyms

• (region of China): Xizang, Tibetan Autonomous Region
• (plateau): Tibetan Plateau, Tibet Plateau
• (kingdom): The Hermit Kingdom/Hermit Kingdom

Translations

Derived terms

References

Breton

Proper noun

Tibet

1. Tibet

Catalan

Proper noun

Tibet m

1. Tibet

Czech

Proper noun

Tibet m

1. Tibet

Derived terms

• Tibeťan
• tibetský

Dutch

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Tibet n

1. Tibet

French

Proper noun

Tibet m

1. Tibet

Derived terms

• Tibétain/Tibétaine
• tibétain/tibétaine

Anagrams

• bitte

German

Noun

Tibet n ‎(genitive Tibets)

1. Tibet

Related terms

• Tibetaner, Tibetanerin, tibetanisch, Tibeter, Tibeterin, tibetisch, Tibetisch

Interlingua

Proper noun

Tibet

1. Tibet

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Tibet

1. Tibet (region and autonomous region)

Related terms

• tibetaner
• tibetansk

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Tibet

1. Tibet (region and autonomous region)

Related terms

• tibetanar
• tibetansk

Romanian

Proper noun

Tibet n

1. Tibet

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tǐbet/
• Hyphenation: Ti‧bet

Proper noun

Tìbet m ‎(Cyrillic spelling Тѝбет)

1. Tibet

Declension

Turkish

Proper noun

Tibet

1. Tibet

Declension