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Punjab or Panjab is derived from the Persian^[1] panj-āb,in which it means "[land of] five rivers".^[2]

Punjab in its various forms may refer to:

Geographical regions

• Punjab region, an area of South Asia spanning from central Pakistan to north-western India
  • Punjab (India), the part of the Punjab which became part of India
  • Punjab (Pakistan), the part of the Punjab which became part of Pakistan

• Panjab District, Afghanistan
  • Panjab, Afghanistan, capital of Panjab District

In former countries, states and provinces:

• Sikh Empire (authoritative)/Punjab Empire (geographic), a former religious monarchy in the region.
• Punjab (British India), a former province of British India.
• Punjab Hill States agency, an administrative unit of British India
• Punjab States Agency, an administrative unit of British India
• Patiala and East Punjab States Union, a former state of India
• East Punjab, the part of the Punjab which became part of India
• West Punjab, the part of the Punjab which became part of Pakistan

In other:

• Punjab lasso, a weapon made of cat gut used to strangle people, mentioned in Gaston Leroux's novel The Phantom of the Opera
• Punjab, a character in the Little Orphan Annie comic strip, and the musical Annie

See also:

• Punjab Assembly (disambiguation)
• Punjabi (disambiguation)
• Punjabi language

Notes

1. ^ Singh, Pritam (2008). Federalism, Nationalism and Development: India and the Punjab Economy. London; New York: Routledge. pp. 3. ISBN 0415456665. http://books.google.com/books?id=mQLDcjhNoJwC.  
2. ^ Panj, "five"; āb, "water", cognate with Latin aqua, see OED, "Punjab"; Online Etymological Dictionary, "aqua-", referring to five tributaries of the Indus River: the Jhelum, the Chenab, the Ravi, the Sutlej, and the Beas. The original English pronunciation, reflecting the indigenous pronunciation, is [pʌnˈdʒɑːb] or [ˈpʌndʒɑːb] (see OED article "punjabi", for example); but there is also a common spelling pronunciation [pʊnˈdʒɑːb] or [ˈpʊndʒɑːb].

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There's more than one place called Punjab:

India

• Punjab (India) - A northern state in the Republic of India

Pakistan

• Punjab (Pakistan) - A Easter province in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan

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From Wikiversity

punjab is a state of india ,and has a great historical activities in las 1000 years. actually the name punjab is combined from two words PUNJ + AAB ,punj is word of punjabi language which represent numeric five and aab means the rivers. the punjab is a land of five rivers. Media:www.educationinfoindia.com/punjab.gif

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Alternative spellings

• Panjab

Etymology

Punjab is named after five tributaries of the Indus River

From Persian پنجاب (“‘Land of the Five Rivers’”), from پنج (panj), “‘five’”) and آب (āb), “‘water’”), referring to five rivers of the Punjab region: the Jhelum, the Chenab, the Ravi, the Sutlej and the Beas.

Proper noun

Punjab

1. State in northern India which has Chandigarh as its capital.
2. Province in Pakistan which has Lahore as its capital.

Translations

Derived terms

• Punjabi

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