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Punjab or Panjab (etymologically the more accurate form) is derived from the medieval Persian language, in which it means "[land of] five rivers" (panj, "five"; ab, "water", cognate with Latin aqua, see OED, "Punjab"; , "aqua-").






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Punjab or Panjab (etymologically the more accurate form) is derived from the medieval Persian language, in which it means "[land of] five rivers" (panj, "five"; ab, "water", cognate with Latin aqua, see OED, "Punjab"; , "aqua-"). The original English pronunciation, reflecting the indigenous pronunciation, is [p?nd?a?b] (see OED); but there is also a common spelling pronounciation [pund?a?b]. Punjab in its various forms may refer to:

Geographical regions

  • Punjab region
    Punjab region

    Punjab , also Panjab , is a region straddling the border between India and Pakistan. The "Five Rivers" are Beas River, Ravi River, Sutlej, Chenab and Jhelum River; all these are tributaries of the Indus river, Jhelum being the biggest one....
    , an area of South Asia spanning from central Pakistan to north-western India
    • Punjab (India)
      Punjab (India)

      Punjab is a States and territories of India in northwest India. The Indian state borders the Pakistani province of Punjab to the west, Jammu and Kashmir to the north, Himachal Pradesh to the northeast, Haryana to the south and southeast, Chandigarh to the southeast and Rajasthan to the southwest....
      , the part of the Punjab which became part of India
    • Punjab (Pakistan)
      Punjab (Pakistan)

      The Punjab...
      , the part of the Punjab which became part of Pakistan
  • Panjab District
    Panjab District

    Panjab district is a mountainous district in the central part of Bamiyan Province, Afghanistan. The capital is the town of Panjab . Panjab contains 5 valleys , the water running through the 5 valleys meet in the centre of the district....
    , Afghanistan
    • Panjab, Afghanistan
      Panjab, Afghanistan

      Panjab is the capital of Panjab District - a mountainous district in the central part of the Bamiyan Province, Afghanistan. The town is situated at 34?22'60N 67?1'0E and has an altitude of 2,758 m altitude, the population was 9,900 in the year 2004....
      , 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)
    Punjab (British India)

    Punjab was a province of British India, it was one of the last areas of the Indian subcontinent to fall under British rule. With the end of British rule in 1947 the province was split between India and Pakistan....
    , a former province of British India.
  • Punjab Hill States Agency, an administrative unit of British India
  • Punjab States Agency
    Punjab States Agency

    The Punjab States Agency was an administrative unit of British India. The agency was created in the 1930's, on the model of the Central India Agency and Rajputana Agency, and was composed of 40 princely states in northwest India formerly under the British Punjab Province....
    , an administrative unit of British India
  • Patiala and East Punjab States Union
    Patiala and East Punjab States Union

    The Patiala and East Punjab States Union was a former States and territories of India of India. It was created out of the merger of several Punjab regioni princely states on July 15 1948, formally becoming a state of India in 1950....
    , a former state of India
  • East Punjab
    East Punjab

    East Punjab was the part of the Punjab region that went to India following the Partition of India of the British Raj province of the Punjab between India and Pakistan in 1947....
    , the part of the Punjab which became part of India
  • West Punjab
    West Punjab

    West Punjab was a former province of Pakistan which existed from 1947 to 1955. The province covered an area of 160,622 km?, including much of the current Punjab province and the Islamabad Capital Territory, but excluding the former Princely States of State of Bahawalpur....
    , the part of the Punjab which became part of Pakistan


In other:
  • Punjab lasso
    Punjab lasso

    The Punjab lasso is a type of weapon referred to in Gaston Leroux's fictional novel The Phantom of the Opera. It is described as a Hangman's knot but employed like a garotte to strangle victims....
    , 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
    Little Orphan Annie

    Little Orphan Annie is a daily United States comic strip, created by Harold Gray , that first appeared on August 5, 1924. The title, suggested by an editor at the Chicago Tribune Syndicate, was inspired by James Whitcomb Riley's popular 1885 poem "Little Orphant Annie" which begins:Comic strips...
     comic strip, and the musical Annie


See also:
  • Punjab Assembly
    Punjab Assembly

    Punjab Assembly may refer to:* Provincial Assembly of the Punjab Pakistan* Punjab Legislative Assembly India* Punjab Legislative Assembly in British India...
     (disambiguation)
  • Punjabi language
    Punjabi language

    'Punjabi' , , is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by inhabitants of the historical Punjab region and their diasporas. Speakers include adherents of the religions of Islam, Sikhism and Hinduism....