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County
  • རྒྱལ་ཐང་། (Tibetan, Tibetan script, Original)
    • Gyeltang (Tibetan, Latin script, THL Simplified Tibetan Transcription)
    • rgyal thang (Tibetan, Latin script, THL Extended Wylie Transliteration)
  • 中甸 (Chinese, Traditional Chinese Characters, Original)
    • Zhongdian (Chinese, Latin script, Pinyin Transcription)
    • 中甸 (Chinese, Simplified Chinese Characters, Traditional-to-Simplified Chinese Transliteration)
Etymology for རྒྱལ་ཐང་།:

Lit. "king['s]-plain," and thus "royal plain." Related to a Naxi or Yi name with similar meaning, though it is not clear whether the Naxi/Yi name or the Tibetan name came first. 

Place ID: F1115

Geocode Name: GB Code, Code: gb

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