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Manipur Manipur () ( mni, Kangleipak) is a state in Northeast India, with the city of Imphal as its capital. It is bounded by the Indian states of Nagaland to the north, Mizoram to the south and Assam to the west. It also borders two regions of ...

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Imphal West , native_name_lang = Meitei , other_name = omp, Nongchup Yumphal , nickname = , settlement_type = District of Manipur , image_skyline = Knagla fort, manipur, India 6.jpg , image_a ...

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in the state of

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Imphal Imphal ( Meitei pronunciation: /im.pʰal/; English pronunciation: ) is the capital city of the Indian state of Manipur. The metropolitan centre of the city contains the ruins of Kangla Palace (also known as Kangla Fort), the royal seat of the f ...

city.

Etymology

The name "Lamphelpat" (/ləm.pʰel.pát/) is made up of two

Meitei language Meitei (), also known as Manipuri (, ), is a Tibeto-Burman language of north-eastern India. It is spoken by around 1.8 million people, predominantly in the state of Manipur, but also by smaller communities in the rest of the country and in p ...

words, "Lamphel" ( mni, ꯂꯝꯐꯦꯜ) and "Pāt" ( mni, ꯄꯥꯠ). "Lamphel" (/ləm.pʰel/) is the Meitei name of a place in

. "Pāt" (/pát/) means

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in Meitei.

References

Cities and towns in Imphal West district {{manipur-geo-stub