lhasa

Other forms of lhasa

plural

lhasas·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about lhasa

What does lhasa mean?

lhasa means "the sacred city of Lamaism; known as the Forbidden City for its former inaccessibility and hostility to strangers". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in lhasa?

lhasa has 2 syllables: lha-sa. The stress falls on "lha". In IPA it is /ˈlɑsə/.

What is another word for lhasa?

Close synonyms include Lassa, capital of Tibet, Forbidden City, Lhasa apso. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is lhasa a common word?

lhasa is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with lhasa?

1 word rhymes with lhasa. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.