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Name Druk Yul
Type Country
Usage Bhutanese, Tibetan
Scripts འབྲུག་ཡུལ་(Dzongkha, Tibetan)
Other Forms FormsDru-Ü (Bhutanese), Brug Yul (Tibetan)
Edit Status Status3. usages AND description are verified

Meaning & History

From Tibetan འབྲུག (brug) meaning "thunder dragon" (a mythical creature in Bhutanese and Tibetan mythology) combined with ཡུལ (yul) meaning "country, nation, kingdom". This is the Bhutanese and Tibetan name for Bhutan.
Added 6/4/2020 by username300