Punjab
/pʌnˈdʒɑːb/1
- Punjab, （亦作the Punjab）a region of NW India and Pakistan, a wide, fertile plain traversed by the Indus and the five tributaries which gave the region its name旁遮普地区（印度西北部和巴基斯坦一地区, 是印度河与旁遮普河的五条支流流经的广阔而肥沃的草原, 该地区正因旁遮普河而得名）。
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- a province of Pakistan; capital, Lahore旁遮普省（巴基斯坦一省, 首府拉合尔）。
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- a state of India; capital, Chandigarh. Until 1966 the Punjab also encompassed what is now the state of Haryana.旁遮普邦（印度一邦, 首府昌迪加尔; 1966年前旁遮普邦还包括现在的哈里亚纳邦）。
The region became a centre of Sikhism in the 15th century and, after the capture of Lahore in 1799 by Ranjit Singh, a powerful Sikh kingdom. It was annexed by the British in 1849 and became a part of British India. In the partition of 1947 it was divided between Pakistan and India.
词源
from Hindi panj'five' + āb 'waters'.