Bhutanesen.adj.
/buːtəˈniːz/ A. n.
A native or inhabitant of Bhutan, a country in the south-east of the Himalayas; the language of Bhutan.
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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Asia > native or inhabitant of Nepal or Tibet > [noun]
Tibetian1747
Nepalese1800
Nepalian1811
Paharia1811
Bhutanese1813
Bhotia1824
Pahari1837
Tibetan1842
Nepali1882
1813 C. Stewart Hist. Bengal 47 Kurmputtun..was inhabited by Brahmans and Bootaneers.
1848 J. D. Hooker Let. 10 June in L. Huxley Life & Lett. J. D. Hooker (1918) I. xiii. 254 Trisected..by the Goorkhas, Bhotanese and Thibetans.
1854 J. D. Hooker Himalayan Jrnls. I. v. 136 The Bhotanese, natives of Bhotan, or of the Dhurma country, are called Dhurma people.
B. adj.
Of or pertaining to Bhutan, its inhabitants or its language.
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the world > the earth > named regions of earth > East Indies > [adjective] > other Himalayan lands
Nepalian1785
Nepalese1819
Sikkimese1861
Bhutanese1880
Kashmir1882
Kashmiri1884
the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Asia > native or inhabitant of Nepal or Tibet > [adjective]
Tibetian1791
Tibetan1828
Pahari1837
Bhutanese1880
Tibetic1950
1880 J. T. Wheeler Short Hist. India iii. xxvi. 674 In reality the Bhutanese authorities did not want to receive a mission at all.
1960 ‘S. Harvester’ Chinese Hammer xxv. 203 They were married according to a mixture of Tibetan and Bhutanese custom.
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