Ganj may refer to:
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Shah Jo Risalo, a poetry book written by Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai of Sindh
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Cannabis (drug)
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Ganj, Afghanistan
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Ganj, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari, Iran
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Ganj, Hormozgan, Iran
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Ganj-e Besiar, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province, Iran
Place name suffix
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Ganj: originally meaning "treasure" in
Middle Persian and
Modern Persian, now a common suffix/prefix meaning "treasured place" or "neighbourhood" in
Hindi,
Bengali
Bengali or Bengalee, or Bengalese may refer to:
*something of, from, or related to Bengal, a large region in South Asia
* Bengalis, an ethnic and linguistic group of the region
* Bengali language, the language they speak
** Bengali alphabet, the w ...
and
Urdu, used in names of bazaar, mandi, store, market place and towns in
India,
Bangladesh and
Nepal. Some examples of place names which include the -ganj suffix are:
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Babuganj, Barisal, Bangladesh
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Badarganj, Rangpur, Bangladesh
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Bakerganj, Barisal, Bangladesh
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Baksiganj, Jamalpur, Bangladesh
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Birganj, Dinajpur, Bangladesh
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Bochaganj, Dinajpur, Bangladesh
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Daryaganj
Daryaganj (literally "A market near a river") is a neighbourhood of Delhi inside the walled city of Shahjahanabad (Old Delhi). The "darya" (lit. "River") refers to the river Yamuna which was just outside the walled city. Daryaganj is one of the ...
, India
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Debiganj, Panchagarh, Bangladesh
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Dewanganj, Jamalpur, Bangladesh
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Forbesganj, India
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Gauriganj
Gauriganj is a city, tehsil and administrative headquarters of Amethi district in Faizabad division, Uttar Pradesh, India. It is situated about 126 km from Lucknow, the capital of Uttar Pradesh. It is located in Eastern Uttar Pradesh. B ...
, India
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Ghale ganj
Qaleh Ganj Rural District ( fa, دهستان قلعه گنج) is a rural district (''dehestan'') in the Central District of Qaleh Ganj County, Kerman Province, Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called ...
, Iran
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Gobindaganj, Gaibandha, Bangladesh
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Gopalganj, Bihar, India
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Habibganj, India
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Habiganj, Bangladesh
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Ishwarganj, Mymensingh, Bangladesh
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Kaliganj, Lalmonirhat, Bangladesh
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Kishanganj, India
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Kishoreganj, Nilphamari, Bangladesh
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Madarganj, Jamalpur, Bangladesh
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McLeod Ganj
McLeod Ganj, also spelt McLeodganj, (pronounced ''Mc-loud-gunj'') is a suburb of Dharamshala in the Kangra district of Himachal Pradesh, India. It is known as "Little Lhasa" or "Dhasa" (a short form of Dharamshala used mainly by Tibetans) because ...
, India
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Mehendiganj, Barisal, Bangladesh
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Mirzaganj, Patuakhali, Bangladesh
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Mohanganj, Netrokona, Bangladesh
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Narayanganj
Narayanganj ( bn, নারায়ণগঞ্জ ''Naraeongônj'') is a city in central Bangladesh. It is in the Narayanganj District, about southeast of the capital city of Dhaka, and has a population of about 2 million. It is the 6th larges ...
, Bangladesh
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Nawabganj, Bangladesh
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Nawabganj, Dinajpur, Bangladesh
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Nepalganj
Nepalgunj (), also spelled Nepalganj, is a Sub-Metropolitan City in Banke District, Nepal. It lies on the Terai plains near the southern border with Bahraich district in Uttar Pradesh, India. Nepalgunj is 153 kilometers south-west of Ghorahi ...
, Nepal
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Paharganj (Shahganj during Mughal era), India
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Pirganj, Rangpur, Bangladesh
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Pirganj, Thakurgaon, Bangladesh
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Raiganj, Sirajganj, Bangladesh
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Robertsganj, India
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Sayestaganj, Habiganj, Bangladesh
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Shibganj, Bogra, Bangladesh
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Shibganj, Nawabganj, Bangladesh
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Sirajganj, Bangladesh
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Sultanganj
Sultanganj is a city located in the Bhagalpur district of the India state of Bihar. It is situated on the south bank of Ganga river, 25 km west of Bhagalpur city at .
Demographics
As per the Census 2011, the literacy rate of Sultanganj i ...
, India
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Sunamganj, Bangladesh
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Sundarganj, Gaibandha, Bangladesh
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Taraganj, Rangpur, Bangladesh
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Thakurganj, India
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See also
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-stan
The suffix -stan ( fa, ـستان, translit=''stân'' after a vowel; ''estân'' or ''istân'' after a consonant), has the meaning of "a place abounding in" or "a place where anything abounds" in the Persian language. It appears in the names of ...
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-land
The suffix -land which can be found in several countries' name and country subdivisions indicates a toponymy—a Terrestrial ecoregion, land. The word came via Germanic languages, Germanic "wikt:land, land."
Below is the list of places that ends ...
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-pur
Oikonyms in Western, Central, South, and Southeast Asia can be grouped according to various components, reflecting common linguistic and cultural histories. Toponymic study is not as extensive as it is for placenames in Europe and Anglophone parts ...
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-desh
The suffix -''desh'' is an Indo-Aryan word for "country". It appears in the names of many regions and countries, especially in South Asia and Southeast Asia (Indonesia):
*Desh, Maharashtra, a place in India
*Bangladesh, a country in South Asia
* B ...
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-patnam
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-abad
Oikonyms in Western, Central, South, and Southeast Asia can be grouped according to various components, reflecting common linguistic and cultural histories. Toponymic study is not as extensive as it is for placenames in Europe and Anglophone part ...
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Bengali words and phrases