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Arunachal Pradesh (2) Arunachal Pradesh : Land of the dawn-lit mountains: In Sanskrit, aruṇa means "dawn-lit" and achala "mountains". The state is located in the easternmost part of India and gets first sunrise in the country. [5] Assam (3) অসম "Uneven" or from "Ahom"
Arunachal Pradesh (/ ər ʊ ˌ n ɑː tʃ əl p r ə ˈ d eɪ ʃ /; [10] lit. ' Dawn-Lit Mountain Province ') [11] is a state in northeast India. It was formed from the North-East Frontier Agency (NEFA) region, and India declared it as a state on 20 February 1987. Itanagar is its capital and largest town. It borders the Indian states of Assam ...
"Pradesh" refers to a province or territory in various South Asian languages. It derives from the Sanskrit प्रदेश pradeśa , meaning "sub-region" or "sub-country". The word was borrowed into other languages to signify "nation" or "country":
Place names in India are usually in Indian languages. Other languages include Portuguese, Dutch, English and Arabic. Since Indian Independence, several Indian cities have adopted pre-English names, most notably Chennai (formerly Madras), Mumbai (formerly Bombay), Kolkata (formerly Calcutta), Bengaluru (formerly Bangalore), Visakhapatnam (formerly Waltair), and Pune (formerly Poona).
Mechuka landscape. Mechukha or Menchukha (In Memba dialect, 'Men' means Medicine, 'Chu' means Water -streams, rivers, etc. & 'Kha' means Snow; Meaning "the land blessed with medicinal snow-fed water- river & streams") is a town, assembly constituency and subdivision, situated 6,000 feet (1,829 m) above sea level in the Mechukha Valley of Yargep Chu/ Siyom River in Shi Yomi district of ...
Arunachal languages are various languages in Arunachal Pradesh, India traditionally classified as Sino-Tibetan languages, but that may be language isolates and independent language families according to some scholars.
Changlang is a census town and headquarters of the Changlang district in the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh.It has become one of the major districts in the area owing to the presence of crude oil, coal and mineral resources other than tourism and hydro power.
The Miji, (or Sajolang) are a social group of Arunachal Pradesh, India. They are located in various districts of Arunachal Pradesh including the West Kameng, East Kameng and Kurung Kumey.Their population of 37,000 are found near the lower parts of the sub-Himalayan hills bordering Assam; they speak the Sajalong language.