Names
Names for "Tibet" range from the Standard Tibetan endonym Bod to exonyms such as Mandarin Tǔbō or Tǔfān 吐蕃 and English language Tibet.
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Mebbe Im wrong to take it as I do.
There aint no names quite like the old ones, though,
Nor never will be to my way of thinking.
One mustnt bear too hard on the newcomers,
But theres a dite too many of them for comfort....”
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