Mithila
Mithila, also known as Tirhut, Tirabhukti and Mithilanchal, is a geographical and cultural region of the Indian subcontinent bounded by the Mahananda River in the east, the Ganges in the south, the Gandaki River in the west and by the foothills of the Himalayas in the north.
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Mithila
- Type: region
- Description: ethno-linguistic region of India and Nepal
- Also known as: “Mithilanchal”, “Tirabhukti”, “Tirhut”, “Videha”, “तिरहुत”, “मिथिलाञ्चल”, “মিথিলা (অঞ্চল)”, “密提拉”, “弥提罗区”, and “蒂魯德”
- Location: Bihar, Plains, India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude of center
26.1119° or 26° 6′ 43″ north
Longitude of center
85.896° or 85° 53′ 46″ east
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In Other Languages
From Bengali to Urdu—“Mithila” goes by many names.
- Bengali: “মিথিলা”
- Bhojpuri: “मिथिला”
- Catalan: “Mithila”
- Chinese: “底罗仆底”
- Chinese: “底羅僕底”
- French: “Mithila”
- German: “Mithila”
- Gujarati: “મિથિલા”
- Hindi: “मिथिला”
- Indonesian: “Mithila”
- Japanese: “ミシラ”
- Japanese: “ミティラー”
- Javanese: “Mithila”
- Korean: “미틸라”
- Magahi: “मिथिला”
- Maithili: “मिथिला”
- Malayalam: “മിഥില”
- Marathi: “मिथिला”
- Nepali: “मिथिला”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Mithila”
- Oriya: “ମିଥିଳା”
- Panjabi: “ਮਿਥਿਲਾ”
- Persian: “میتهیلا”
- Portuguese: “Mithila”
- Portuguese: “Mitila”
- Russian: “Митхила”
- Santali: “ᱢᱤᱛᱷᱤᱞᱟ ᱴᱚᱴᱷᱟ”
- Spanish: “Mithila”
- Swedish: “Mithila”
- Tamil: “மிதிலை பிரதேசம்”
- Telugu: “మిథిల”
- Telugu: “మిథిలా”
- Ukrainian: “Мітхіла”
- Urdu: “متھلا”
- “मिथिला”
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