Lhasa apso

English

A Lhasa apso

Etymology

From Tibetan ལྷ་ས (lha sa) + Tibetan ཨོག་ཚོམ (og tshom) / ཨག་ཚོམ (ag tshom, "goatee, chin-beard"). Alternatively, from Tibetan ལྷ་ས (lha sa) + Tibetan ར་ཕོ (ra pho, "billy goat").

Noun

Lhasa apso (plural Lhasa apsos)

  1. (uncountable) A particular breed of dog, Tibetan in origin.
  2. (countable) A dog of this breed.

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Last modified on 19 May 2013, at 21:46