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Type Region & Political Subdivision
Scripts لداخ(Persian)
Meaning & History
From Persian لداخ (ladakh), itself derived from Tibetan ལ་དྭགས (la dwags) meaning "land of high passes", from the words ལ (la) meaning "hillside, mountain pass" and དྭགས (dwags) meaning "open place". This is the name of a region in Asia (part of the larger Kashmir region) that is administered as a union territory by India.