Ngawa en · PROPN
Etymology
From Tibetan རྔ་བ་་ (rnga ba).
Meanings
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A Tibetan and Qiang autonomous prefecture in Sichuan, China.
In the latest of dozens of deadly immolations to protest Chinese rule, a Tibetan women set herself ablaze and died on March 5 in Tibet’s Ngawa region, the International Campaign for Tibet said.
2015 March 10, Abhishek Madhukar, “China choosing Dalai Lama like Castro naming pope - Tibetan exile leader”, in Reuters, archived from the original on 06 May 2022, Top News:The Nhasangs themselves are from Ngaba, which is in the Amdo region of northeastern Tibetan, a cultural borderland where Tibetan and Sichuan traditions meet. China has decreed that Ngaba is within Sichuan Province.
[2022 November 8, Pete Wells, “Restaurant Review: Why Does This Tibetan Kitchen Also Cook Sichuan Food?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 08 Nov 2022, Food:
Synonyms
Aba (from Mandarin Chinese)
Translations (2)
cmn 阿壩 /阿坝 (Tibetan and Qiang autonomous prefecture) · bo རྔ་བ་ (Tibetan and Qiang autonomous prefecture)