Lasa

Appendix:Variations of "lasa" English Alternative forms en La-sa Etymology From the en cmn-pinyin - romanization of en cmn - 拉薩. Pronunciation läʹsäʹen 1952 Lhasa Leon E. Seltzer The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World https://archive.org/details/columbialippinco00selt/ Morningside Heights, NY Columbia University Press 802473294 1048 https://archive.org/details/columbialippinco00selt/page/1048/ 3 Chinese La-sa (läʹsäʹ) en La sa en Proper noun en Lhasa capital city of Tibet: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name. en 1940 The Mongolia Field O. C. Grauer Fifty Wonderful Years: Missionary Service in Foreign Lands https://archive.org/details/fiftywonderfulye0000grau/ Chicago w:Scandinavian Alliance Mission 4160232 236 https://archive.org/details/fiftywonderfulye0000grau/page/236/ The head of the Buddhist religion for the Mongols is Dalai Lama who dwells in Lasa, Tibet. They believe that whatever comes from Tibet is holy and the Tibetan priests take full advantage of this faith of the Mongol people to enrich themselves. The Mongols in great caravans make pilgrimages to this holy city, Lasa, though they must pass through deserts with drifting sands and through rivers and over mountains and are plundered by robbers, and many fall by the way. en 1979 Frederic M. Kaplan; Julian M. Sobin; Stephen Andors Land and Population Encyclopedia of China Today https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofch00kapl/ Eurasia Press 0-06-012256-0 77-6886 318404559 40 https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofch00kapl/page/40/ 1 Lhasa (Lasa) is Tibet's capital and largest town, with a population of close to 140,000 in 1977. It lies north of the Brahmaputra River near the eastern end of the valley region. The city is dominated by the Potala, a monumental structure that was the spiritual and temporal center of traditional Tibet. Shigatse (Rikazi), to the west of Lhasa, is a second major town, with a population of about 40,000. en 1982 A. A. Meyerhoff China's Petroleum Industry: Geology, Reserves, Technology, and Policies David C. Buxbaum; Cassondra E. Joseph; Paul D. Reynolds China Trade: Prospects and Perspectives https://archive.org/details/chinatradeprospe0000unse/ w:Praeger Publishers 0-03-056687-8 81-11858 7615582 102 https://archive.org/details/chinatradeprospe0000unse/page/102/ In the Qaidam Basin, a 1,100-kilometer pipeline is being completed to Lhasa (Lasa), clearly for military use. This one line alone represents 19 percent of China’s total oil pipeline kilometerage and 16 percent of its total oil and gas pipelines (Table 5.5). References Anagrams en aals AALS ALSA Alas. LAAS aals alas sala Serbo-Croatian sh: Proper noun f sh caplc ar:Suf/Tibet c/China Lhasa