Tibetan

noun

Ti·bet·an tə-ˈbe-tᵊn

: a member of the predominant people of Tibet and adjacent areas of Asia

also : the Tibeto-Burman language of the Tibetan people

: a native inhabitant of Tibet

Tibetan adjective

Examples of Tibetan in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Most Mongolians follow the dominant Gelugpa school of Tibetan Buddhism and revere its leader, the Dalai Lama. —

Nicole Winfield and Saruul Enkhbold, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Sep. 2023 Technically, Dennehy and Healy first crossed paths three years before their Tibetan Freedom Concert run-in, at South by Southwest (SXSW) in 1995. —

Eric Renner Brown, Billboard, 24 Aug. 2023 Moist air cannot cross to the drier regions of the Tibetan Plateau. —

Ruby Mellen, Washington Post, 15 Aug. 2023 The team has been studying the moss on-site and in the lab ever since. 15 Unique Plants That Flourish in the Tundra Biome Life on the Tibetan Plateau isn't easy. —

Melissa Breyer, Treehugger, 9 Aug. 2023 This is mainly because the Kali Gandaki is fed by meltwater from the Southern Tibetan Plateau. —

Holly Walters, The Conversation, 4 Aug. 2023 In 2013, a city zoo in the central Henan province angered visitors by trying to pass off a Tibetan Mastiff dog as a lion. —

Heather Chen, CNN, 1 Aug. 2023 The proceeds went to the Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leader’s Gaden Phodrang Foundation, which promotes peace, humanitarianism, and the protection of the environment. —

Kristin Limoges, Harper's BAZAAR, 12 July 2023 Manik Sakya, owner of two restaurants in the Glenwood Springs area that serves a fusion Indian, Nepali, Tibetan and Thai Cuisine decided to put three cat robots to work in his restaurants to save some money. —

Amaris Encinas, USA TODAY, 5 July 2023 See More

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