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ラサ

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Meanings

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noun

Lhasa (capital of Tibet, China)

usually written using kana alone

Proper noun referring to the city of Lhasa. Often used in travel, news, or geographical contexts.

ラサはチベット自じ治ち区くの中ちゅう心しん都と市しです。
Lhasa is the central city of the Tibet Autonomous Region.

Written forms

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Usually written in katakana; the kanji form 拉薩 is rare and mainly used in historical or Chinese contexts.
拉薩らさ
Kanji form borrowed from Chinese; rarely used in modern Japanese.

Kanji

拉Latin, kidnap, crush
薩salvation, Buddha

Etymology

From Tibetan ལྷ་ས (lha sa), via Chinese 拉薩／拉萨 (Lāsà).