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LAHORE

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La⋅hore

  [luh-hawr, -hohr]
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–noun
a city in NE Pakistan: the capital of Punjab province. 2,922,000.

Pun⋅jab

  [puhn-jahb, puhn-jahb]
–noun
1. a former province in NW British India: now divided between India and Pakistan.
2. a state in NW India. 15,230,000; 47,456 sq. mi. (122,911 sq. km). Capital: Chandigarh.
3. a province in NE Pakistan. 37,374,000; 79,284 sq. mi. (205,330 sq. km). Capital: Lahore.
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La·hore   (lə-hôr', -hōr')   
A city of northeast Pakistan near the Indian border southeast of Rawalpindi. The city reached the height of its grandeur as a Mogul capital in the 16th century and retains many splendid architectural examples from that period. Population: 6,310,000.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Punjab 
region on the Indian subcontinent, from Hindi Panjab, from Pers. panj "five" + ab "water." So called for its five rivers.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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