Pur (placename element)
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Pur (Sanskrit:पुर) is a placename element found in the names of cities in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and India. Examples include the cities of Paharpur, Rangpur, Jaipur, and Nagpur.
History
Pur is a suffix meaning "city" or "settlement", used in several place names across the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia, and Afghanistan. The word pur is originally from Farsi and is used for "city."[1]
List of places that end in -pur
Bangladesh
- Akkelpur, Joypurhat, Bangladesh
- Bajitpur, Kishoreganj, Bangladesh
- Bancharampur, Brahmanbaria, Bangladesh
- Bhuapur, Tangail, Bangladesh
- Bhujpur, Chittagong, Bangladesh
- Birampur, Dinajpur, Bangladesh
- Chandpur, Bangladesh
- Char Rajibpur, Kurigram, Bangladesh
- Daulatpur, Khulna, Bangladesh
- Daulatpur, Kushtia, Bangladesh
- Daulatpur, Manikganj, Bangladesh
- Dinajpur, Bangladesh
- Durgapur, Netrokona, Bangladesh
- Durgapur, Rajshahi, Bangladesh
- Faridpur, Bangladesh
- Faridpur, Pabna, Bangladesh
- Gajnaipur, Madhabpur, Bangladesh
- Gazipur, Bangladesh
- Gauripur, Mymensingh, Bangladesh
- Gomastapur, Nawabganj, Bangladesh
- Gopalpur, Tangail, Bangladesh
- Gurudaspur, Natore, Bangladesh
- Hakimpur, Dinajpur, Bangladesh
- Haripur, Thakurgaon, Bangladesh
- Harirampur, Manikganj, Bangladesh
- Hossainpur, Kishoreganj, Bangladesh
- Islampur, Jamalpur, Bangladesh
- Kazipur, Sirajganj, Bangladesh
- Keshabpur, Jessore, Bangladesh
- Khalishpur, Khulna, Bangladesh
- Kotchandpur, Jhenaidah, Bangladesh
- Lakshmipur, Bangladesh
- Lalpur, Natore, Bangladesh
- Madaripur, Bangladesh
- Madhupur, Tangail, Bangladesh
- Maheshpur, Jhenaidah, Bangladesh
- Manirampur, Jessore, Bangladesh
- Meherpur, Bangladesh
- Mirpur, Dhaka, Bangladesh
- Mirpur, Kushtia, Bangladesh
- Mirzapur, Tangail, Bangladesh
- Mohadevpur, Naogaon, Bangladesh
- Mohammadpur, Dhaka, Bangladesh
- Mohammadpur, Magura, Bangladesh
- Mohanpur, Rajshahi, Bangladesh
- Muksudpur, Gopalganj, Bangladesh
- Nagarpur, Tangail, Bangladesh
- Nazirpur, Pirojpur, Bangladesh
- Niamatpur, Naogaon, Bangladesh
- Parbatipur, Dinajpur, Bangladesh
- Phulpur, Mymensingh, Bangladesh
- Pirojpur, Bangladesh
- Raipur, Lakshmipur, Bangladesh
- Rajapur, Bhola, Bangladesh
- Rangpur, Bangladesh
- Sadarpur, Faridpur, Bangladesh
- Sadullapur, Gaibandha, Bangladesh
- Sakhipur, Tangail, Bangladesh
- Shahjadpur, Sirajganj, Bangladesh
- Shahjahanpur, Madhabpur, Bangladesh
- Shajahanpur, Bogra, Bangladesh
- Shariatpur, Bangladesh
- Sherpur, Bangladesh
- Sherpur, Bogra, Bangladesh
- Shibpur, Narsingdi, Bangladesh
- Shyampur, Dhaka, Bangladesh
- Sreepur, Magura, Bangladesh
- Sreepur, Gazipur, Bangladesh
- Sutrapur, Dhaka, Bangladesh
- Ulipur, Kurigram, Bangladesh
- Wazirpur, Barisal, Bangladesh
Sylhet Division
- Adampur, Kamalganj
- Angura Muhammadpur, Beanibazar
- Badalpur, Ajmiriganj
- Bishwamvarpur
- Dakshin Shahbazpur, Barlekha
- Gazipur, Chunarughat
- Hajipur, Kulaura
- Haydarpur, Chhatak
- Islampur, Jagannathpur
- Islampur, Kamalganj
- Jagadispur, Madhabpur
- Jagannathpur
- Jaintiapur
- Jahedpur, Chhatak
- Kadirpur, Kulaura
- Kanakpur, Moulvibazar
- Lascarpur, Habiganj
- Machimpur, Sylhet
- Madhabpur
- Madhabpur, Kamalganj
- Madhobpur Lake, Kamalganj
- Mahammedpur, Chhatak
- Mirpur, Jagannathpur
- Mostafapur, Moulvibazar
- Nidhanpur, Sylhet
- Nijbahadurpur, Barlekha
- Nizampur, Habiganj
- Noorpur, Habiganj
- Nurpur, Fenchuganj
- Nurpur, Sayestaganj
- Rahimpur, Kamalganj
- Sharifpur, Kulaura
- Sripur, Sylhet
- Sunampur, Golapganj
- Syedpur, Jagannathpur
- Tahirpur
- Tajpur, Osmani Nagar
- Talimpur, Barlekha
India
- Alipur, Bihar and Delhi, India
- Babar Pur, Delhi
- Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India
- Burhanpur, Madhya Pradesh, India
- Biranarasingh Pur, Orissa
- Dayal Pur, Delhi
- Raipur, Chhattisgarh
- Ferozpur, Punjab, India
- Gokal Pur, Delhi
- Gurdaspur, Punjab, India
- Hakim Pur, Punjab, India
- Hoshiarpur, Punjab, India
- Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
- Jamalpur, Bangladesh
- Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
- Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India
- Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
- Khanpur, Delhi
- Khanpur, Uttar Pradesh
- Kolhapur, Maharastra, India
- Libas Pur, Delhi
- Manipur, India
- Mithe Pur, Delhi
- Mubarakpur, India
- Muzaffarpur, Bihar, India
- Saghar Pur, Punjab
- Sampur, Trincomalee, Sri Lanka
- Sangrampur, Siwan, Bihar, India
- Sultanpur, Uttar Pradesh
- Sultan Pur, Delhi
- Sultanpur, Madhya Pradesh
- Sultanpur, Uttarakhand
- Sultanpur Lodhi, Punjab, India
- Sultanpur, Karnataka
- Sultanpur, Haryana
- Udaipur, Rajasthan, India
- Vijay Pur, Jammu and Kashmir
- Ziauddin Pur, Delhi
- All pages with titles containing Pur
Pakistan
- Bahadur Pur, Punjab, Pakistan
- Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan
- Fateh Pur, Punjab, Pakistan
- Khanpur, Punjab, Pakistan
- Khanpur, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
- Mirza Pur, Punjab, Pakistan
- Mohri Pur, Punjab, Pakistan
- Saadat Pur, Punjab, Pakistan
- Seet pur, Punjab, Pakistan
Nepal
- Bhaktpur
- Lalitpur, Nepal
- Bharatpur, Nepal
- Janakpur
- Tulsipur, Dang
- Tikapur
- Kohalpur
- Kirtipur
- Bhadrapur, Jhapa
- Ishwarpur
- Rajapur, Nepal
- Krishnapur, Nepal
- Rampur, Palpa
- Chainpur, Sankhuwasabha
- Bhojpur, Nepal
- Shankharapur
Other
- Battle of Gazipur, Bangladesh
- Lal Pur, Afghanistan
Pura
- Amlapura, Bali, Indonesia
- Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka
- Azeem Pura, Pakistan
- Dallo Pura, Delhi
- Daulat Pura, Pakistan
- Gobind Pura, Punjab, Pakistan
- Islam Pura, Karachi
- Jangpura, Delhi
- Jayapura, Indonesia
- Madan Pura, Punjab, Pakistan
- Manpura, Bhola, Bangladesh
- Mempura, Riau, Indonesia
- Mochi Pura, Punjab, Pakistan
- Martapura, South Kalimantan, Indonesia
- Mangupura, Bali, Indonesia
- Narayan Pura, Sindh, Pakistan
- Raipura, Narsingdi, Bangladesh
- Ranbir Pura, Punjab, India
- Roshan Pura, Delhi
- Sangkapura, Bawean, Indonesia
- Semarapura, Bali, Indonesia
- Sheikhupura, Punjab, Pakistan
- Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte, Sri Lanka
- Siak Sri Indrapura, Riau, Indonesia
- Sikandar Pura, Punjab, Pakistan
- All pages with titles containing Pura
Pore
- Barrackpore
- Barrackpore, Trinidad and Tobago
- Singapore, Southeast Asian nation
- Singapore Strait
- Singapore, Michigan, a ghost town in the United States
- Singapore (disambiguation)
- All pages with titles containing Pore
See also
References
- ↑ Tej Ram Sharma (1978). Personal and geographical names in the Gupta inscriptions. Concept Publishing Co., Delhi. pp. 224–225. Search this book on
- Rau Wilhelm 1976 The Meaning of pur in Vedic Literature; Mϋnchen, W Finck.
- Vedic Index (1912), 2 vols 1995 edition, by A. A. Macdonell and A. B. Keith: M Banarsidass, Delhi.
- Kazanas, Nicholas: Rig Vedic Pur, 2004
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