Pun ‧ jab, the /ˈpʌndʒɑːb/ BrE AmE
a large area in eastern Pakistan and northwestern India. The Punjab was a single ↑ province in the period of British rule, but it is now two states: one in Pakistan, which contains the city of Lahore, and one in India, which contains the city of ↑ Amritsar , a holy place for followers of the ↑ Sikh religion. Many of the people who live in the Indian Punjab are Sikhs, and some of them would like to become independent from India.