"Chamdo" meaning in English

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Proper name

Etymology: From Tibetan ཆབ་མདོ (chab mdo). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|bo|ཆབ་མདོ}} Tibetan ཆབ་མདོ (chab mdo) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Chamdo
  1. A prefecture-level city in the Tibet Autonomous Region, China. Wikipedia link: Chamdo Categories (place): Cities in Tibet, Places in China, Places in Tibet Synonyms: Qamdo (english: official) Translations (prefecture-level city in Tibet Autonomous Region, China): 昌都 (coeng¹ dou¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 昌都 (Chāngdū) (Chinese Mandarin), ཆབ་མདོ (chab mdo) (Tibetan)
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