a state of NE India, in the eastern Himalayas between Bhutan and Nepal, on the border with the Chinese autonomous region of Tibet; capital, Gangtok. After British rule it became an Indian protectorate, becoming a state of India in 1975.
锡金(印度东北部的一个邦,位于不丹和尼泊尔之间的喜马拉雅山东侧,与中国西藏自治区接壤,首府甘托克。英国统治结束之后,成为印度的一个保护国,1975年归并为印度的一个邦)。