As proper nouns the difference between tibet and thailand
is that tibet is 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 while Thailand is the country in Southeast Asia which has Bangkok as its capital. Official name: Kingdom of Thailand. Former name: Siam.
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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thailand
Proper noun
(
en proper noun)
The country in Southeast Asia which has Bangkok as its capital. Official name: Kingdom of Thailand. Former name: Siam.
Related terms
* Thai
