Lepcha
noun
a member of a people of Sikkim and adjacent areas of Nepal, Bhutan, and India.
Lepchas
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pluralof Lepcha.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Much is at stake as birthrates decline precipitously among all of Sikkim’s dominant ethnic groups: the largely Hindu Nepalis, the Lepchas and the Bhutias, both mostly Buddhist.
From New York Times ● May 29, 2023
Generally, in dealing with his countrymen, Author Gorer is far less sweeping than he was with Americans or Lepchas.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Chumbi Valley is inhabited by the Tomos, who are said to be descendants of ancient cross-marriages between the Bhutanese and Lepchas.
From The Unveiling of Lhasa by Edmund Candler
It is common to Lepchas, Bhutanese, and Tibetans, but it is found in its purest essence in these low-country, cross-bred Lepchas, who were my close companions for two days.
From The Unveiling of Lhasa by Edmund Candler
Instead of this, the proprietor of the hotel proposed a little excursion on horseback into Sikkim, the country of the Lepchas.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 89, May, 1875 by Various
