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.

Relating to the Sino-Tibetan languages spoken by Tibetan peoples.

plural of tibet

(archaic) 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.

(dated) the area of high ethnic Tibetan populations that are outside of the area roughly equivalent to the Tibetan Autonomous Region, but inside of China

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see south, Tibet. (the southern part of Tibet)

(dated) The area of predominantly ethnic Tibetan populations that is roughly equivalent to the Tibet Autonomous Region

Synonym of Tibetan Plateau

An autonomous region of China, located on the Tibetan Plateau and home to the Tibetan people