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Tibet vs Gompa - What's the difference?

tibet | gompa |

As a proper noun tibet

is tibet.

As a noun gompa is

a buddhist ecclesiastical fortification of learning, lineage and sadhana in tibet, india, nepal, or bhutan.

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 ----

    gompa

    English

    Noun

    (en noun) (wikipedia gompa)
  • A Buddhist ecclesiastical fortification of learning, lineage and sadhana in Tibet, India, Nepal, or Bhutan.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2009, date=2009-03-13, author=Pico Iyer, title=Heaven’s Gate, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=And when finally I got to the end of the five-hour drive over the highest motorable pass in the world, it was to learn that the gompa in Hunder was closed. }}