Lepcha
Americannoun
plural
Lepchas,plural
Lepcha-
a member of a people of Sikkim and adjacent areas of Nepal, Bhutan, and India.
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the Tibeto-Burman language of the Lepcha.
noun
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a member of a Mongoloid people of Sikkim
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the language of this people, belonging to the Tibeto-Burman branch of the Sino-Tibetan family
adjective
Example Sentences
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"But we were told we are not experts," said Gyatso Lepcha, a tribal leader who has been at the forefront of protests.
From BBC
“We knew that this was coming,” said Gyatso Lepcha, general secretary of Affected Citizens of Teesta, an environmental organization based in Sikkim.
From Seattle Times
"Rescue operations have resumed this morning because we want to make sure that we haven't left anyone behind. We will scour the area properly before we call them off," Tenzing Loden Lepcha, a police official in the northeastern state, told Reuters by telephone.
From Reuters
A boy tows a toy car in Siliguri, northeastern India, in this shot by Anand Lepcha.
From National Geographic
A boy tows a toy car in Siliguri, northeastern India, in this shot by Anand Lepcha.
From National Geographic
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