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) + ར་ཕོ (ra pho, billy goat) OR from Tibetan ལྷ་ས (lha sa) + འབ་ ('ab, to bark) + སོ་ (so, guard, watchman).

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Noun

Lhasa apso (plural Lhasa apsos)

  1. A particular breed of dog, Tibetan in origin.

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