Tibetan
noun
Ti·bet·an
tə-ˈbe-tᵊn 
1
: a member of the predominant people of Tibet and adjacent areas of Asia
also
: the Tibeto-Burman language of the Tibetan people
2
: a native inhabitant of Tibet
Tibetan
adjective
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Archaeologists excavating the Longtan site in Yunnan province, on the southwestern edge of the Tibetan Plateau, uncovered hundreds of stone artifacts from two trenches dug into the region’s reddish, silty clay.
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Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 1 Apr. 2025
Radio Free Asia broadcasts in Burmese, Cantonese, English, Khmer, Korean, Lao, Mandarin, Tibetan, Uyghur and Vietnamese.
—Li Yuan, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
The report warns black carbon is responsible for 39% of glacier melt in the Tibetan Plateau and similarly affects the Himalayas, Alps, Andes and Rockies.
—Jamie Hailstone, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025
The dramatic ice loss, from the Arctic to the Alps, from South America to the Tibetan Plateau, is expected to accelerate as climate change, caused by the burning of fossil fuels, pushes global temperatures higher.
—Reuters, CNN Money, 26 Mar. 2025
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Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 1 Apr. 2025
Radio Free Asia broadcasts in Burmese, Cantonese, English, Khmer, Korean, Lao, Mandarin, Tibetan, Uyghur and Vietnamese.
—Li Yuan, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
The report warns black carbon is responsible for 39% of glacier melt in the Tibetan Plateau and similarly affects the Himalayas, Alps, Andes and Rockies.
—Jamie Hailstone, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025
The dramatic ice loss, from the Arctic to the Alps, from South America to the Tibetan Plateau, is expected to accelerate as climate change, caused by the burning of fossil fuels, pushes global temperatures higher.
—Reuters, CNN Money, 26 Mar. 2025
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Tibetan
noun
Ti·bet·an
tə-ˈbet-ᵊn
1
: a native inhabitant of Tibet
2
: the language of the Tibetan people
Tibetan
adjective
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