Awadh
Awadh is the central region of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, known as the granary of India. It is the centre of various period films of Bollywood and modern films.
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Awadh
- Type: historical region
- Description: former country
- Also known as: “Aoude”, “Aúde”, “Audhe”, “Oduh”, “Авадх”, “Аудх”, “أَوَد”, “مملکت اودھ”, “അവാധ്”, and “ഔധ്”
- Location: Uttar Pradesh, Plains, India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude of center
26.77° or 26° 46′ 12″ north
Longitude of center
82.15° or 82° 9′ east
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Awadh” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “أود”
- Arabic: “أوده”
- Awadhi: “अवध”
- Azerbaijani: “Aud”
- Bengali: “অবধ”
- Bengali: “অযোধ্যা”
- Bhojpuri: “अवध”
- Catalan: “Oudh”
- Chinese: “阿瓦德”
- Dutch: “Avadh”
- Estonian: “Awadh”
- French: “Awadh”
- Georgian: “აუდი”
- German: “Avadh”
- Hebrew: “אווד”
- Hindi: “अवध”
- Hungarian: “Aud állam”
- Italian: “Awadh”
- Japanese: “アワド”
- Kannada: “ಅವಧ್”
- Kashmiri: “اَوَدھ”
- Korean: “아와드”
- Magahi: “अवध”
- Malayalam: “അവധ്”
- Marathi: “अवध”
- Nepali: “अवध”
- Newari: “अवध”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Oudh”
- Norwegian: “Oudh”
- Ossetian: “Ауд”
- Panjabi: “ਅਵਧ”
- Persian: “اوده”
- Persian: “ایالت اوده”
- Polish: “Awadh”
- Portuguese: “Oude”
- Russian: “Ауд”
- Slovenian: “Aud”
- Spanish: “Oudh”
- Swedish: “Awadh”
- Tagalog: “Awadh”
- Tamil: “அவத்”
- Telugu: “అవధ”
- Thai: “อวัธ”
- Ukrainian: “Ауд”
- Urdu: “اودھ”
- Urdu: “سلطنت اودھ”
- Uzbek: “Aud”
- Venetian: “Awadh”
- Western Panjabi: “اودھ”
- Western Panjabi: “سلطنت اودھ”
- “अवध”
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