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Type Region, Political Subdivision & Country
Scripts བོད(Tibetan, Dzongkha)
Meaning & History
Possibly from a name that originally referred to the inhabitants of modern-day Nyêmo County in China. The name itself may be related to the Tibetan word བོན (bon) meaning "express, give, offer". This is the Tibetan and Bhutanese name for Tibet.