Punjab
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Punjab or Panjab, from the medieval Persian for land of the five ("Panj") rivers ("aab"), may refer to:
[edit] Geographical regions
- Punjab region, an area of South Asia spanning from eastern Pakistan to north-western India
- Khalistan, a proposed nation in the Punjab region
- Punjab (India), a state of India
- Punjab (Pakistan), a province of Pakistan
- Panjab District, Afghanistan
- Panjab, Afghanistan, the capital of the Panjab District, Afghanistan
In former countries, states and provinces:
- British Punjab, a former province of British India or Undivided India,
- Punjab (British India)
- Punjab Hill 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 language
- Pakistan Feeds...Providing best feeds for cattle
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