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Definition of: Punjab
(pun′jäb, pun·jäb′)
1. A region of NW India and West Pakistan; 148,610 square miles.
2. A former province of British India in this region, divided in 1947 between Punjab State, India, and West Pakistan; 99,089 square miles; former capital, Lahore.
3. A State of India in this region; 47,456 square miles; capital, Chandigarh.
4. A former province of West Pakistan in this region, a part of West Pakistan province since October, 1955; 63,134 square miles; former capital, Lahore.
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