Lhasa Apso Definition

ăpsō
lhasa-apsos
noun
Any of a Tibetan breed of small dog with dense, straight hair that hangs over the eyes and a tail that curls over the back.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
  • lhasa

Other Word Forms of Lhasa Apso

Noun

Singular:
Lhasa apso
Plural:
lhasa-apsos

Origin of Lhasa Apso

  • 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").

    From Wiktionary

  • Lhasa Tibetan apso Lhasa apso

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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