ngari
/ˈnjɐːɹiː/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
6
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A Meitei traditional food item made of ingredients such as fermented fish
name
A Meitei traditional food item made of ingredients such as fermented fish
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A prefecture of the Tibet Autonomous Region, China.
Example Sentences
- "Tibet is divided into four parts; Ngari (Neri), a pretty large country, is the fourth ; it lies to the south, and borders on countries inhabited by people who are known by the names of Lataka and Gougoutsie."
- "My first step was to contact a colleague from Hong Kong, the sexologist Li Kai-Sing, whose work in Tibet before the Communist takeover had earned him an international reputation as an authority on polyandry. He promptly contacted a Ngari herdsman name Lo Wu, who had worked with him in the past and who was a member of a love commune which numbered eighteen wives and forty-three husbands. Lo Wu agreed to introduce me to all the members of his commune, and to assist me in every way possible as I attempted to gather the data I sought. My next step was to learn everything I could about the Ngari herdsmen's culture and social mores, so that when I finally did arrive in Tibet I'd be able to meet my subjects on what was more or less their own level. Unfortunately, the literature on Ngari culture and social mores was scant, because very few investigators other than Li Kai-Sing had set foot in that godforsaken corner of the world."
- "At the same time, in the western areas of the Tibet Autonomous Region, the Ngari area also launched a Buddhism revival movement. As it appeared on the upper route of the Ngari area, Tibetologists called it the ^([sic]) "the upper route spread of Tibetan Buddhism"."
- "I had met him in Ngari in 1997, when he was Commissioner of Ngari Prefecture, and struck up a friendship with him through our mutual love of photography."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Root: མངའ་རིས
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈnjɐːɹiː/