sitsang
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An autonomous region of the Peoples Republic of China;
Located in the Himalayas (synset 108926725)domain member region:- lamaism, tibetan buddhism - a Buddhist doctrine that includes elements from India that are not Buddhist and elements of preexisting shamanism
- sino-tibetan, sino-tibetan language - the family of tonal languages spoken in eastern Asia
is an instance of: asian country, asian nation - any one of the nations occupying the Asian continentmember holonym: sherpa - a member of the Himalayan people living in Nepal and Tibet who are famous for their skill as mountaineershas:- capital of tibet, forbidden city, lassa, lhasa - the sacred city of Lamaism; known as the Forbidden City for its former inaccessibility and hostility to strangers
- changtzu - a mountain in the central Himalayas on the border of Tibet and Nepal (24,780 feet high)
- everest, mount everest, mt. everest - a mountain in the central Himalayas on the border of Tibet and Nepal; the highest mountain peak in the world (29,028 feet high)
- gosainthan - a mountain in the Himalayas in Tibet (26,290 feet high)
- himalaya, himalaya mountains, himalayas - a mountain range extending 1500 miles on the border between India and Tibet; this range contains the world's highest mountain
- kanchanjanga, kanchenjunga, kinchinjunga, mount kanchenjunga - a mountain the Himalayas on the border between Nepal and Tibet (28,208 feet high)
- lhotse - a mountain in the central Himalayas on the border of Tibet and Nepal (27,890 feet high)
- makalu - a mountain in the Himalayas in Nepal (27,790 feet high)
- nuptse - a mountain in the central Himalayas on the border of Tibet and Nepal (25,726 feet high)
is a part of: asia - the largest continent with 60% of the earth's population; it is joined to Europe on the west to form Eurasia; it is the site of some of the world's earliest civilizations
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