"Damxung" meaning in English

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Proper name

Etymology: From Tibetan འདམ་གཞུང ('dam gzhung). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|bo|འདམ་གཞུང}} Tibetan འདམ་གཞུང ('dam gzhung) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Damxung
  1. A county of Lhasa, Tibet, China. Wikipedia link: Damxung Categories (place): Counties of China, Places in China, Places in Tibet Translations (county): 當雄 /当雄 (english: dong¹ hung⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 當雄 /当雄 (Dāngxióng) (Chinese Mandarin)
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