Xigazê

English

Etymology

From the Tibetan pinyin romanisation of གཞིས་ཀ་རྩེ (gzhis ka rtse).

Proper noun

Xigazê

1. Alternative form of Shigatse
   • [2020 May 15, Stephen Kurczy, “Tendol Gyalzur, Refugee Who Founded Orphanages in Tibet, Dies”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2020-05-15, THOSE WE’VE LOST‎^[2]:

     Tenzin Dolkar, who later began using Tendol, a variation of her first name, was born in the central Tibetan town of Shigatse (also known as Xigaze) on Dec. 2, 1951, according to her Swiss passport.]

Translations

Shigatse — see Shigatse

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Xigaze”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[3], volume 3, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 3502, column 2: “Sometimes also appears as Rikeze, Zhigatse, Zhikatse, Jih-k’a-tse, or Shigatse.”
• “Xigazê”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.