Punjab

Punjab
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the Punjab
a large area in eastern Pakistan and northwestern India. The Punjab was a single ↑province in the period of British rule, but it is now two states: one in Pakistan, which contains the city of Lahore, and one in India, which contains the city of ↑Amritsar, a holy place for followers of the ↑Sikh religion. Many of the people who live in the Indian Punjab are Sikhs, and some of them would like to become independent from India.

Dictionary of contemporary English. 2013.

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