jih-k'a-tse
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 1.83 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
Alternative form of Rikaze (Shigatse)
Example Sentences
- "Jih-k’a-tse, Tibet’s second largest city, is located on the Brahmaputra southwest of Lhasa, in Tibet’s major grain-producing area, with highland barley as the major grain."
- "The cousins separated, and Nain Singh joined a caravan posing as a merchant. This time he crossed the border successfully. Singh eventually entered Jih-k’a-tse, the second-largest city in Tibet. It was in Jih-k’a-tse that he was summoned to meet the country’s second-highest religious authority, the Panchen Lama, who turned out to be only 11 years old."
- "She visited the monastery of Tashilumpo, now called Jih-k’a-tse, which is the residence of the panchen Lama, the secondranking Tibetan lama."
- "Nain joined a caravan and posed as a merchant and was able to get through to Jih-k’a-tse, the second largest city in Tibet."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Root: 日喀則, -