dokha
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A former village in Ganden, Mêdog, Nyingchi, Tibet Autonomous Region, China.
Example Sentences
- "A documentary aired by the state broadcaster, CCTV, showed how a Chinese official went to Dokha, a village in Tibet, to persuade residents to move to a new village called Duolonggang, 10 miles from Arunachal Pradesh. / He encountered some resistance. Tenzin, a lay Buddhist practitioner, insisted that Dokha’s land was fertile, producing oranges and other fruit. “We can feed ourselves without government subsidies,” he said. / The official criticized Tenzin for “using his age and religious status to obstruct relocation,” according to a state media article cited by Human Rights Watch in a report. / In the end, all 143 residents of Dokha moved to the new settlement."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: دَوْخَة, د و خ
Usage
Frequently Paired Words
Duolonggang