Lasa

See also: Appendix:Variations of "lasa"

English

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 拉薩／拉萨 (Lāsà).

Pronunciation

• enPR: läʹsäʹ

Proper noun

Lasa

1. Alternative form of Lhasa (capital city of Tibet): the Mandarin Chinese-derived name.
   • 1940, “The Mongolia Field”, in O. C. Grauer, editor, Fifty Wonderful Years: Missionary Service in Foreign Lands‎^[2], Chicago: Scandinavian Alliance Mission, →OCLC, 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.

   • 1979, Frederic M. Kaplan, Julian M. Sobin, Stephen Andors, “Land and Population”, in Encyclopedia of China Today‎^[3], Eurasia Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 40, column 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.

   • 1982, A. A. Meyerhoff, “China's Petroleum Industry: Geology, Reserves, Technology, and Policies”, in David C. Buxbaum, Cassondra E. Joseph, Paul D. Reynolds, editors, China Trade: Prospects and Perspectives‎^[4], Praeger Publishers, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, 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).

Anagrams

• AALS, ALSA, Alas., LAAS, aals, alas, sala

Serbo-Croatian

Proper noun

Lasa f (Cyrillic spelling Ласа)

1. Lhasa (the capital and largest city of the Tibet Autonomous Region, China)