"Gar" meaning in English

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Proper name

Etymology: From Tibetan སྒར (sgar). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|bo|སྒར}} Tibetan སྒར (sgar) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Gar
  1. A county of Ngari prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region, China. Categories (place): Places in China, Places in Tibet, China Synonyms (from Mandarin Chinese): Ga'er Synonyms (from Tibetan): Senge Tsangpo Translations (county): 噶爾 /噶尔 (gaa¹ ji⁵) (Chinese Cantonese), 噶爾 /噶尔 (Gá'ěr) (Chinese Mandarin), སྒར (sgar) (Tibetan)
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          "text": "The figures indicate that Han peoples form 12 per cent of the registered residents of Gar county, and that Tibetans are 87.5 per cent of the county and 97.6 per cent of the prefecture.⁵⁸",
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