"Medog" meaning in English

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Proper name

Etymology: From Tibetan མེ་ཏོག (me tog). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|bo|མེ་ཏོག}} Tibetan མེ་ཏོག (me tog) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Medog
  1. A county of Nyingchi, Tibet Autonomous Region, China. Wikipedia link: Medog Categories (place): Counties of China, Places in China, Places in Tibet Synonyms: Moto, Mêdog (english: official), Metok Synonyms (from Mandarin Chinese): Motuo Translations (county in Tibet Autonomous Region, China): 墨脫 (Chinese Mandarin), 墨脱 (Mòtuō) (Chinese Mandarin), མེ་ཏོག (me tog) (Tibetan)
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