how to pronounce tibet

/təˈbɛt/

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tibet is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of tibet in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… related to Tibet or whether it be issues …”

meanings of tibet

name:

An independent kingdom that formerly existed in Central Asia where the Tibet Autonomous Region now is.
A common shorthand name for Tibet Autonomous Region, previously mostly coterminous with the independent portion of Tibet until 1950.
The Tibetan Plateau, a plateau region in Central Asia, where the Tibetan people traditionally live, encompassing what is now Tibet Autonomous Region (also called Xizang), most of Qinghai, the western half of Sichuan, a small part of Yunnan and a small part of Gansu in the People's Republic of China, and also the country of Bhutan, and the Indian regions of Sikkim and Ladakh.

noun:

A woolen fabric generally printed in colours; a heavy fabric used for the same purposes as furs, made of goat hair, black and finely curled.

tibet frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word tibet occurs in english on average 1.7 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.