Synonyms for Tibet
tɪˈbɛtti·bet

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1. Tibetnoun

   Synonyms:
   Xizang

2. Tibetnoun

   A plateau region in Central Asia, where the Tibetan people traditionally live, encompassing what is now Tibet Autonomous Region (also called Xizang), most of Qinghai, the western half of Sichuan, a small part of Yunnan and a small part of Gansu in the Peoples Republic of China, and also the country of Bhutan, and the Indian regions of Sikkim and Ladakh.

   Synonyms:
   Xizang

3. Tibetnoun

   An independent kingdom that formerly existed in Central Asia where the Tibet Autonomous Region now is.

   Synonyms:
   Xizang

4. Tibetnoun

   A common shorthand name for Tibet Autonomous Region, previously mostly coterminous with the independent portion of Tibet until 1950.

   Synonyms:
   Xizang

Princeton's WordNet

1. Tibet, Thibet, Xizang, Sitsangnoun

   an autonomous region of the Peoples Republic of China; located in the Himalayas

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1. List of paraphrases for "tibet":

   tibetan, xizang, tibetans

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1. Jim McGovern:

   America has a responsibility to stand up for human rights at home and abroad, human rights in China, and Tibet in particular, continue to be an area of grave concern.

2. Congressman Chris Smith:

   I would like to know if those agreements are public, whether they compromise academic or other freedoms of faculty, students, and workers and whether Chinese teachers are allowed the freedom to worship as they please and teach about Tiananmen, Tibet, and Taiwan.

3. Padma Choling:

   The ecological environment of Tibet will not be harmed, the railway will be well built under the condition of environmental protection. That is for sure. You can't just say, 'Don't build it'.

4. Richard Gere:

   Now the first thought that came to me was, I wondered if Deng Xiaoping is actually watching this right now, with his children and his grandchildren, and with the knowledge that what a horrendous, horrendous human rights situation there is in China -- not only towards their own people but to Tibet as well.

5. Richard Gere:

   Now the first thought that came to me was, I wondered if Deng Xiaoping is actually watching this right now, with Deng Xiaoping children and Deng Xiaoping grandchildren, and with the knowledge that what a horrendous, horrendous human rights situation there is in China — not only towards their own people but to Tibet as well.