CAPITAL OF TIBET

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does capital of Tibet mean? 

• CAPITAL OF TIBET (noun)
  The noun CAPITAL OF TIBET has 1 sense:

1. the sacred city of Lamaism; known as the Forbidden City for its former inaccessibility and hostility to strangers

  Familiarity information: CAPITAL OF TIBET used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CAPITAL OF TIBET (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The sacred city of Lamaism; known as the Forbidden City for its former inaccessibility and hostility to strangers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

capital of Tibet; Forbidden City; Lassa; Lhasa

Instance hypernyms:

national capital (the capital city of a nation)

Holonyms ("capital of Tibet" is a part of...):

Sitsang; Thibet; Tibet; Xizang (an autonomous region of the Peoples Republic of China; located in the Himalayas)