noun
Obsolete Japanese name for Tibet; modern usage prefers チベット. Found in older texts.
See also: チベット
西蔵はかつてチベットを指す言葉として使われた。
西蔵 was once used as a term for Tibet.
Modern standard Japanese name for Tibet; 西蔵 is its obsolete equivalent.
From Chinese 西藏 (Xīzàng), meaning 'Western Tsang', referring to the western part of historical Tibet. The reading せいぞう is the on'yomi of the kanji.