c. saavedra lamas

La·mas

[lah-mahs]
noun
Car·los Sa·a·ve·dra [kahr-laws sah-ah-ve-drah] , Saavedra Lamas, Carlos.
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Sa·a·ve·dra La·mas

[sah-ah-ve-thrah lah-mahs]
noun
Car·los [kahr-laws] , 1878?–1959, Argentine statesman and diplomat: Nobel peace prize 1936.
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a fool or simpleton; ninny.
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lama
"Buddhist priest of Mongolia or Tibet," 1654, from Tibetan blama "chief, high priest," with silent b-.
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lama [(lah-muh)]

In the Buddhism of Tibet, a monk or priest. The chief of the lamas is the Dalai Lama.

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