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Amba vs Amban - What's the difference?

amba | amban |

As nouns the difference between amba and amban

is that amba is a tangy mango pickle used as a condiment in the middle east while amban is a chinese official under the qing dynasty, especially the ranking official or provincial governor in a semi-independent territory under chinese rule.

amba

English

Noun

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  • A tangy mango pickle used as a condiment in the Middle East.
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    amban

    English

    (wikipedia amban)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • A Chinese official under the Qing Dynasty, especially the ranking official or provincial governor in a semi-independent territory under Chinese rule.
  • *1869 , , ‘Journey from Leh to Yarkand and Kashgar’, Journal of the Royal Geographical Society , vol. XL:
  • *:Regarding the scene before him with the calmness of a stoic, sits the grey-bearded old Ambân in his chair of state, quietly smoking a long pipe, while beside him kneel his weeping daughters, all conscious of their coming fate.
  • *1924 , (w), Tibet Past and Present , Delhi 2000, p. 46:
  • *:In 1846 Messrs. Huc and Gabet, two French Lazarist Fathers, visited Lhasa from the north, and stayed two and a half months, when they were expelled through the influence of the Chinese Amban .
  • *1990 , (Peter Hopkirk), The Great Game , Folio Society 2010, p. 388:
  • *:Although he was received there by a guard of honour of sorts, Elias found the amban , or senior Chinese official, openly hostile.