那曲

Mandarin · pinyin Nà qǔ

Meanings

  1. see 那曲市 Nà qǔ Shì
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那
nà · that, that one, those
曲
qū · crooked, bent; wrong, false
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4–3 · Na4 qu3

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name

  1. Black River (a river in the Tibet Autonomous Region, China; the name for the upper reaches of the Salween)
  2. (~市, formerly ~地區) Nagqu (a prefecture-level city of the Tibet Autonomous Region, China)
  3. (historical) (~縣) Nagqu (a former county of Nagqu prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region, China; now Seni district, Nagqu)
  4. (~鎮) Nagqu (a town in Seni district, Nagqu, Tibet Autonomous Region, China)

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