As a noun taxonomy
is the science or the technique used to make a classification.
As a proper noun tibet is
tibet.
taxonomy
Noun
(taxonomies)
The science or the technique used to make a classification.
A classification; especially , a classification in a hierarchical system.
(taxonomy, uncountable) The science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms.
Synonyms
* alpha taxonomy
Derived terms
* folk taxonomy
* scientific taxonomy
See also
* classification
* rank
* taxon
* domain
* kingdom
* subkingdom
* superphylum
* phylum
* subphylum
* class
* subclass
* infraclass
* superorder
* order
* suborder
* infraorder
* parvorder
* superfamily
* family
* subfamily
* genus
* species
* subspecies
* superregnum
* regnum
* subregnum
* superphylum
* phylum
* subphylum
* classis
* subclassis
* infraclassis
* superordo
* ordo
* subordo
* infraordo
* taxon
* superfamilia
* familia
* subfamilia
* ontology
tibet
English
(Tibet)
(Tibet Autonomous Region)
Alternative forms
* (l)
Proper noun
(
en proper noun)
The Tibetan Plateau, a plateau region in Central Asia, where the Tibetan people traditionally live, encompassing what is now Tibet Autonomous Region (also called Xizang), most of Qinghai, the western half of Sichuan, a small part of Yunnan and a small part of Gansu in the Peoples Republic of China, and also the country of Bhutan, and the Indian regions of Sikkim and Ladakh.
An independent kingdom that formerly existed in Central Asia where the Tibet Autonomous Region now is.
A common shorthand name for Tibet Autonomous Region, previously mostly coterminous with the independent portion of Tibet until 1950.
Usage notes
In Tibetan, , it can also be considered insensitive to Tibetan people.
Synonyms
* (region of China) Xizang, Tibetan Autonomous Region
* (plateau) Tibetan Plateau, Tibet Plateau
* (kingdom) The Hermit Kingdom/Hermit Kingdom
Derived terms
* Greater Tibet
* Inner Tibet
* Outer Tibet
* South Tibet
* Tibetan
* Tibetan Empire
* Tibetan Plateau
* Tibet Autonomous Region
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