Tengri Nor

[ teng-gree-nawr, nohr ]

noun
  1. a salt lake in eastern Tibet, northwest of Lhasa. About 700 square miles (1,813 square kilometers); 15,186 feet (4,629 meters) above sea level.

Origin of Tengri Nor

1
First recorded in 1840–45; from Mongolian Tenger Nuur “Heavenly Lake”

Words Nearby Tengri Nor

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How to use Tengri Nor in a sentence

  • He gave me also much valuable information about the country round Nam-tso or Tengri-nor, where he was born.

British Dictionary definitions for Tengri Nor

Tengri Nor

/ (ˈtɛŋɡrɪ ˈnɔː) /


noun
  1. another name for Nam Co

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