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South Tibet en · PROPN

Etymology

Calque of Chinese 藏南 (Zàngnán).

Meanings

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see south, Tibet. (the southern part of Tibet)
  2. (in particular, in the People's Republic of China) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see south, Tibet. (the southern part of Tibet) ▸ Those areas located south of the McMahon Line, which are administered as the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh, and claimed by China as a part of Tibet.
    • The Sino-Indian border dispute involves about 13, 500 square miles in Ladakh and Aksai Chin and about 35,000 square miles in the northeastern Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh, which China calls South Tibet. 2020 June 19, Ajai Shukla, “How China and India Came to Lethal Blows”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 19 Jun 2020, Opinion:

Coordinates

Inner Tibet · Zangnan · Tibet · Outer Tibet · Greater Tibet

Translations (2)

pl Tybet Południowy (South Tibet) · cmn 藏南 (South Tibet)