Ngawa

See also: ngawa

English

Etymology

From Tibetan རྔ་བ་་ (rnga ba).

Proper noun

Ngawa

1. A Tibetan and Qiang autonomous prefecture in Sichuan, China.
   • 2015 March 10, Abhishek Madhukar, “China choosing Dalai Lama like Castro naming pope - Tibetan exile leader”, in Reuters‎^[1], archived from the original on 06 May 2022, Top News‎^[2]:

     In the latest of dozens of deadly immolations to protest Chinese rule, a Tibetan women set herself ablaze and died on March 5 in Tibet’s Ngawa region, the International Campaign for Tibet said.

   • [2022 November 8, Pete Wells, “Restaurant Review: Why Does This Tibetan Kitchen Also Cook Sichuan Food?”, in The New York Times‎^[3], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-11-08, Food‎^[4]:

     The Nhasangs themselves are from Ngaba, which is in the Amdo region of northeastern Tibetan, a cultural borderland where Tibetan and Sichuan traditions meet. China has decreed that Ngaba is within Sichuan Province.]

Synonyms

• (from Mandarin Chinese) Aba

Translations

Tibetan and Qiang autonomous prefecture

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 阿壩／阿坝 (zh) (Ābà)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Tibetan: རྔ་བ་ (rnga ba)