| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| Bhutan |
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| SYLLABICATION: | Bhu·tan |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  b -t n , -tän |
| An isolated country of central Asia in the eastern Himalaya Mountains. Long under the influence of Great Britain and India, the kingdom became fully independent in the 1980s. Thimphu is the capital and the largest city. Population: 1,614,000.
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