Lhasa
or La·sa, Las·sa
a city in and the capital of Tibet, in the SE part: sacred city of Lamaism. About 12,000 feet (3,650 meters) above sea level.
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How to use Lhasa in a sentence
The second, third, fourth and fifth editions (the last published in 1874) were edited and revised by von der Lasa.
Among continental chess authorities von Heydebrandt und der Lasa (more usually known by his second title) stood pre-eminent.
Of those places called Lasa many instances might be produced.
Lasa ipsa est, qu nunc Callirrho dicitur, ubi aqu calid in Mare Mortuum defluunt.
The numbers represented by these words in Malay are sa-lasa, ten thousand; sa-keti, one hundred thousand; sa-juta, one million.
A Manual of the Malay language | William Edward Maxwell
British Dictionary definitions for Lhasa
Lassa
/ (ˈlɑːsə) /
a city in SW China, capital of Tibet, at an altitude of 3606 m (11 830 ft): for centuries the sacred city of Lamaism and residence of the Dalai Lamas from the 17th century until 1950; known as the Forbidden City because it was closed to Westerners until the beginning of the 20th century; annexed by China in 1951. The Dalai Lama fled after an unsuccessful revolt against Chinese rule in 1959. Pop: 131 000 (2005 est)
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