"Yarlung Tsangpo" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /ˈjɑː(ɹ)lʊŋ ˈtsæŋpəʊ/, /- ˈtsɑːŋpəʊ/ Forms: Yarlung Tsangbo [canonical]
Etymology: Borrowed from Tibetan ཡར་ཀླུངས་གཙང་པོ (yar klungs gtsang po). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|bo|ཡར་ཀླུངས་གཙང་པོ}} Tibetan ཡར་ཀླུངས་གཙང་པོ (yar klungs gtsang po) Head templates: {{en-proper noun|head=Yarlung Tsangbo}} Yarlung Tsangbo
  1. The upper stream of the Brahmaputra River located in the Tibet Autonomous Region, China. Wikipedia link: Yarlung Tsangpo Categories (place): Places in China Synonyms: Yarlung Zangbo Translations (river in Tibet): 雅魯藏布江 (Chinese Mandarin), 雅鲁藏布江 (Yǎlǔzàngbù Jiāng) (Chinese Mandarin), ཡར་ཀླུངས་གཙང་པོ (yar klungs gtsang po) (Tibetan)

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