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
Examples of Tibetan in a Sentence
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Archaeologists long believed the Tibetan Plateau — more than 13,000 feet (about 4,000 meters) above sea level — was one of the last places on the planet to be settled.
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Katie Hunt, CNN, 6 July 2024
In another study, conducted at the University of Massachusetts’s Center for Meditation, researchers employed EEG to investigate 30 advanced meditators using practices from the Tibetan Buddhist tradition.
—Matthew D. Sacchet, Scientific American, 25 June 2024
The loss of Tibetan has real consequences for communities and families.
—Tenzin Dorjee, Foreign Affairs, 28 Nov. 2023
The Dalai Lama, who turns 89 in July, has long said that he may not be reincarnated at all, which would deny legitimacy to whomever Beijing chooses to be his successor in the eyes of many Tibetans.
—Shibani Mahtani, Washington Post, 20 June 2024
There is already a dispute over who is the rightful Panchen Lama, the second-most important figure in Tibetan Buddhism, after the Dalai Lama and the officially atheist Chinese government identified two different people as reincarnations in 1995.
—Jennifer Jett, NBC News, 19 June 2024
In 1996: The inaugural Tibetan Freedom Concert, organized by the Beastie Boys, concluded its second and final day after drawing about 100,000 fans to San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park.
—The Arizona Republic, 15 June 2024
In December 2020, the U.S. Senate passed the Tibetan Policy and Support Act, which recognizes the autonomy of the Tibetan people.
—Brooke Schedneck, The Conversation, 30 Mar. 2023
Image And its curatorial reach soon expanded beyond Tibetan Buddhism.
—Holland Cotter, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2024
Katie Hunt, CNN, 6 July 2024
In another study, conducted at the University of Massachusetts’s Center for Meditation, researchers employed EEG to investigate 30 advanced meditators using practices from the Tibetan Buddhist tradition.
—Matthew D. Sacchet, Scientific American, 25 June 2024
The loss of Tibetan has real consequences for communities and families.
—Tenzin Dorjee, Foreign Affairs, 28 Nov. 2023
The Dalai Lama, who turns 89 in July, has long said that he may not be reincarnated at all, which would deny legitimacy to whomever Beijing chooses to be his successor in the eyes of many Tibetans.
—Shibani Mahtani, Washington Post, 20 June 2024
There is already a dispute over who is the rightful Panchen Lama, the second-most important figure in Tibetan Buddhism, after the Dalai Lama and the officially atheist Chinese government identified two different people as reincarnations in 1995.
—Jennifer Jett, NBC News, 19 June 2024
In 1996: The inaugural Tibetan Freedom Concert, organized by the Beastie Boys, concluded its second and final day after drawing about 100,000 fans to San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park.
—The Arizona Republic, 15 June 2024
In December 2020, the U.S. Senate passed the Tibetan Policy and Support Act, which recognizes the autonomy of the Tibetan people.
—Brooke Schedneck, The Conversation, 30 Mar. 2023
Image And its curatorial reach soon expanded beyond Tibetan Buddhism.
—Holland Cotter, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2024
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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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