"Pradesh" refers to a province or territory in various South Asian languages. It derives from the Sanskrit प्रदेश pradeśa, meaning "sub-region" or "sub-country". The word was borrowed into other languages to signify "nation" or "country":
States of India[edit]
The official names of five Indian states bear the word pradesh:
- Andhra Pradesh, Land of the Andhras
- Arunachal Pradesh, Aruna/Arunachal = Land of the Rising Sun or Land of the dawn-lit mountains
- Himachal Pradesh, Hima/Himachal = Land of the Snow
- Madhya Pradesh, Central Province, replacing the former Central Provinces and Berar which was later renamed as Madhya Bharat
- Uttar Pradesh, Northern Province, although not the north-most province; it was formerly the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh which was later renamed as United Provinces
It is also found in the names of three proposed states:
- Harit Pradesh, Green Province, part of a proposed division of Uttar Pradesh
- Maru Pradesh, Desert Province, part of a proposed division of Rajasthan
- Vindhya Pradesh, Land of the Vindhya, former state merged into Madhya Pradesh in 1956
Provinces of Nepal[edit]
- Bagmati Pradesh, land of the Bagmati River
- Gandaki Pradesh, land of the Gandaki River
- Karnali Pradesh, land of the Karnali River
- Koshi Pradesh, land of the Koshi River
- Lumbini Pradesh, land of the Lumbini pilgrimage
- Madhesh Pradesh, land of the central region
- Sudurpashchim Pradesh, land of the far western region
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