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lama¹

  • /ˈlɑː.mə/

Sounds like llama · Rhymes with -ɑːmə

noun lamas

  1. A master of Tibetan Buddhism.

lama²

  • /ˈlɑː.mə/

Sounds like llama · Rhymes with -ɑːmə

noun lamas

  1. alternative Alternative form of llama

lama³

  • /ˈlɑː.mə/

Sounds like llama · Rhymes with -ɑːmə

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Spanish lama (“lamé”).

noun lamas

  1. obsolete lamé (fabric with silver or gold threads woven in) The Wedding Dress, composed of a most magnificent silver lama, on net, over a rich silver tissue slip, with a superb border of silver lama embroidery at the bottom, forming shells and bouquets; above the border a most elegant falling, tastefully designed, in festoons of rich silver lama, and finishe

Lama⁴

proper noun Lamas

  1. A surname.

LAMA⁵

phrase

  1. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of leaving/left against medical advice

noun LAMAs

  1. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of long-acting muscarinic antagonist

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: genus lama, buddhist, bonze, recession, sludge, depression, blade, knife, feeble, llama, mud, laman, lamy, dalai, llamas, master

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noun master of Tibetan Buddhism

Españollama
한국어라마 rama
日本語ラマ rama, 喇嘛 rama
中文喇嘛 lǎma
हिन्दीलामा lāmā
Portuguêslama
Françaislama
DeutschLama
Ελληνικάλάμα láma
Românălama
Русскийла́ма láma
Tiếng Việtlạt-ma
العربيةلَامَا lāmā

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@misc{lama_2026,
  title = {lama},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/lama},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}