bhutan

bhutan — noun

1. a Himalayan country in southern Asia, between India and China.

1.noun
Definition

a Himalayan country in southern Asia, between India and China.

Example

Mia hopes to visit Bhutan during her summer break next year.

visit Bhutan for travel

My cousin taught English in Bhutan for two years after college.

live and work in Bhutan

Common collocations
  • visit Bhutan
  • in Bhutan
  • from Bhutan
  • map of Bhutan

Grammar Patterns

used as a place name

Usage Note

Usually written with a capital B and used without 'the' in normal statements: say 'in Bhutan' or 'from Bhutan'. It often appears with verbs about travel, living, teaching, or locating places on a map.

Common Mistakes

I want to travel to the Bhutan next winter.
I want to travel to Bhutan next winter.
country names like this normally do not take 'the'.
bhutan is a small country in Asia.
Bhutan is a small country in Asia.
proper nouns begin with a capital letter.

Word family

  • Bhutanese
    adjective
  • Bhutanese
    noun

Common collocations

Nouns

  • map of Bhutan
  • capital of Bhutan
  • people of Bhutan

Phrases

  • visit Bhutan
  • live in Bhutan
  • travel to Bhutan

Prepositions

  • in Bhutan
  • from Bhutan
  • to Bhutan

Etymology

SanskritSouth Asian languagesEnglish

The English name Bhutan probably reached English through South Asian forms of a Sanskrit expression often explained as 'the end of Tibet'. The name reflects the country's position on the southern side of the Tibetan cultural region.