Punjab (disambiguation)

Punjab or Panjab, from the Persian for land of the five ("Panj") rivers ("aab"), may refer to:

• Punjab region, an area of South Asia spanning from eastern Pakistan to north-western India
  • Punjab (India), a state of India
  • Punjab (Pakistan), a province of Pakistan
  • Panjab, the capital of the Panjab District, Afghanistan

In former countries, states and provinces:

• Sikh Empire, a former monarchy in Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent
• British Punjab, a former province of the 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
• Punjab (XMPP), an XMPP/Jabber server component for stateless applications and more

See also:

• Punjab Assembly (disambiguation)
• Punjabi language