Qumarlêb

English

Etymology

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Proper noun

Qumarlêb

1. A county of Yushu, Qinghai, China.
   • [2013 May 29, “Tibetan nomad self-immolates and dies in Yushu”, in International Campaign for Tibet‎^[1], archived from the original on October 02, 2013‎^[2]:

     Tenzin Sherab (pictured) was the oldest of five siblings from a village in Chumarleb (Chinese: Qumarleb/Qumalai), Yushu (Kyegu) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (the Tibetan area of Kham). According to exile Tibetan sources, his nomad family had been resettled to Chumarleb under the Chinese authorities’ policies of settlement, land confiscation, and fencing of pastoral areas inhabited by Tibetans, dramatically curtailing their livelihoods.]

Translations

county

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 曲麻萊 / 曲麻莱

  Mandarin: 曲麻萊 / 曲麻莱 (zh)

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