Crossword clues for bhutan
bhutan
- Kingdom of Asia
- India neighbor
- Kingdom in the Himalayas
- Tiny Himalayan land
- Thimphu's kingdom
- The only carbon-negative country in the world (since 2017)
- Nation with a dragon on its flag
- Nation whose name means "Land of the Thunder Dragon" in its native language
- Nation whose flag features the Thunder Dragon
- Nation whose flag features a thunder dragon
- Nation whose flag depicts a dragon
- Kingdom whose flag bears a thunder dragon
- Kingdom bordering China
- Country of the Himalayas
- Country whose official language is Dzongkha
- Himalayan kingdom
- Asian kingdom
- A landlocked principality in the Himalayas northeast of India
- Neighbor of Tibet
- Country where simple abode found in block
- Country cabin in block
- Outlaw skirts humble dwelling in Himalayan kingdom
- Basic accommodation in Black Country
- Indian protectorate in the southeast Himalayas
- Himalayan land
- Himalayan nation
- Himalayan country
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Bhutan \Bhutan\ n. a principality in the Himalayas northeast of India.
Wiktionary
n. A landlocked Himalayan country in South Asia. Official name: Kingdom of Bhutan.
Wikipedia
Bhutan ( or ; Dzongkha Dru Ü, ), officially the Kingdom of Bhutan, is a sovereign state in South Asia. A landlocked country in the Eastern Himalayas, Bhutan borders the People's Republic of China to the north and India to the south, east and west. To the west, it is separated from Nepal by the Indian state of Sikkim; and further south it is separated from Bangladesh by the Indian states of Assam and West Bengal. Bhutan's capital and largest city is Thimphu.
Along with Mongolia, Bhutan is one of two countries where the Vajrayana sect of Buddhism is dominant. The King of Bhutan is known as the Druk Gyalpo, meaning the " Thunder Dragon King". The country's landscape ranges from subtropical plains in the south to the sub-alpine Himalayan mountains in the north, where there are peaks in excess of . The highest mountain in Bhutan is the Gangkhar Puensum.
Bhutan enjoyed strong cultural links with Tibet and was located on the Silk Road between China and the Indian subcontinent. Its territory was composed of minor warring fiefs until the early 17th century. At the time the lama and military leader Ngawang Namgyal, the first Zhabdrung Rinpoche, unified the area and cultivated a distinct Bhutanese identity. In the early 20th century, Bhutan established relations with the British Empire. During the rise of Chinese communism and its spread to Tibet, Bhutan signed a friendship treaty with newly independent India in 1949. The country departed from its historic isolation under the fourth Druk Gyalpo. In 2008, Bhutan transitioned from an absolute monarchy to a constitutional monarchy and held its first general election. During the same year, the throne passed to the fifth Druk Gyalpo. Bhutanese democracy has evolved with a bicameral parliament.
A member of the United Nations, Bhutan has diplomatic relations with 52 countries and the European Union. It has a close strategic partnership with neighboring India and is a founding member of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC). It is also a member of BIMSTEC and the Bangladesh Bhutan India Nepal Initiative. The economy of Bhutan depends greatly on hydropower exports. Tourism, mining and fruit production are other key sectors of the economy. Bhutan's per capita income is the second-highest in SAARC after the Maldives.
Usage examples of "bhutan".
On the south from Burma to Kashmir, where the political border joins India, Bhutan and Nepal, there are still populations speaking Tibetan and following one or other of the Lamaist sects.
Here the goods included the coarse woollen cloth made in most Tibetan households, squares of silk from China, cheap printed material from India, maize and rice from Bhutan, spices, the usual home-grown vegetables, tea-bricks, ritual objects, coral, amber and agate necklaces, talisman boxes and tea-cups of polished birch and maple.
Its earlier pronunciation as the Indians recorded it is reflected in the Sanskrit Bhota, and the name of the modern state of Bhutan is related to the same word.
Although the existence of wall-paintings has been well known, adequate colour photographs are only now being published, principally of interiors in Ladakh and Bhutan outside political Tibet.
The wool is incredibly durable, and the colors made from bark from Bhutan, green nutshells, and vegetable juices, remain fresh for ages.
Tibet, and Bhutan, he had got to know the Dalai Lama on his flight to India.
Nepal was searched, as was Bhutan, Sikkim, and even both sides of the Di-Chu, Ghost River, on the border of Tibet and China.
The heavy wood door, carried on the backs of serfs from faraway Bhutan centuries ago, was closed.
First to Tibet, then to a valley in east Nepal or west Bhutan, a valley called Khembalung.
Once, in the mountains of Bhutan, she had stared for hours at a Buddhist monk who was squatting on the ground in meditation.
China to Bhutan, where it was further refined over a period of half a millennium at the Tenzin Torgangka monastery, one of the most isolated in the world.
The devastating avalanche in Bhutan was one I instigated twenty years ago.
Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Myanmar, Bhutan, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, and so on.
Sri Lanka, and spent time with a lama in Bhutan who insisted he could teach me how to levitate.
Buddhist country of Bhutan was briefly conquered by its neighbor, Bangladesh, for the purpose of becoming a leadership haven.