Amdo

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. One of the three traditional regions of Tibet, covering a land area largely divided between nearly all of Qinghai, and smaller parts of Gansu and Sichuan, China.
  2. A county of Nagqu, Tibet Autonomous Region, China.

Pronunciation

/ˈæmdəʊ/ /ˈɑmdoʊ/

Word forms

Amdo

Etymology

Borrowed from Tibetan ཨ་མདོ (a mdo).

Related words

Translations

Chinese Cantonese: 安多 Chinese Mandarin: 安多 Manchu: ᠠᠮᡩᠣᠣ Tibetan: ཨ་མདོ
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