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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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.
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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
In the mountainous, desert landscape of the Tibetan Plateau, a small, scaly reptile scurries across the sand.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 3 Apr. 2024
One boy in Vincent’s year who called himself Bruce, after Bruce Lee, rode a motorcycle several hundred miles into the Hengduan Mountains, at the edge of the Tibetan Plateau, to research a road that had been constructed as part of China’s supply chain during the Second World War.
—Peter Hessler, The New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2024
To do this, Moments of Space is centered around Tibetan Dzogchen techniques, which emphasises mindfulness over the unconsciousness practice (unmindful thinking and feeling) many other apps focus on.
—Georgia Day, Vogue, 21 Mar. 2024
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
In the mountainous, desert landscape of the Tibetan Plateau, a small, scaly reptile scurries across the sand.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 3 Apr. 2024
One boy in Vincent’s year who called himself Bruce, after Bruce Lee, rode a motorcycle several hundred miles into the Hengduan Mountains, at the edge of the Tibetan Plateau, to research a road that had been constructed as part of China’s supply chain during the Second World War.
—Peter Hessler, The New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2024
To do this, Moments of Space is centered around Tibetan Dzogchen techniques, which emphasises mindfulness over the unconsciousness practice (unmindful thinking and feeling) many other apps focus on.
—Georgia Day, Vogue, 21 Mar. 2024
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“Tibetan.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Tibetan. Accessed 7 Jul. 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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