Pradesh

Pradesh refers to a province or state in various South Asian languages. It is written प्रदेश in Devanagari script (used for Hindi, Bhojpuri, Marathi, and Nepali), প্রদেশ in Eastern Nagari script (used for Assamese prôdex, Bengali prodesh, and Bishnupriya Manipuri), પ્રદેશ in Gujarati script, ಪ್ರದೇಶ in Kannada script, പ്രദേശ്‌ in Malayalam script, ప్రదేశ్ in Telugu script, பிரதேசம் piratecam in Tamil script, and پردیش in Nasta'liq script (used for Urdu). The same word was borrowed into Thai as ประเทศ prathet and Lao as ປະເທດ pathet, meaning "nation".

Currently, there are five Indian states whose official name bears the word pradesh:

Arunachal Pradesh, Arunacha = Land of the Sun (i.e., Sunrise)
Andhra Pradesh, homeland of the Andhras or Telugus
Madhya Pradesh, Central Province, replacing the former Central India Provinces which was later renamed as Madhya Bharat
Himachal Pradesh, Himachal = Snowy land
Uttar Pradesh, Northern Province, although not the north-most province; it was formerly the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh