阿坝

Traditional form:

阿壩

Pinyin (reading):

Abà

Definitions:

• Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture (Tibetan: rnga ba bod rigs cha'ng rigs rang skyong khul, formerly in Kham province of Tibet), northwest Sichuan, capital Barkam 馬爾康鎮／马尔康镇 ( Mǎ'ěrkāngzhèn)
• also Ngawa county

Characters:

• 阿 - an initial particle, a prefix used for names; used in transliterations
• 坝 - embankment; dam

Traditional characters:

• 阿 - an initial particle, a prefix used for names; used in transliterations
• 壩 - embankment; dam