Desh may refer to:
Arts
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Desh (raga)
Desh or Des is a Hindustani classical music raga which belongs to the Khamaj thaat. This raga is very similar to raga Khamaj.
Technical description
The raga is of audava-sampurna nature, i.e., in its arohana (ascent) only five notes are us ...
, an Indian classical music scale (raga in both Hindustani music and Carnatic music)
Media
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''Desh'' (magazine), an Indian Bengali-language magazine
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Desh TV
Desh TV (; ), stylized as DESHTV, is a Bangladeshi Bengali-language satellite and cable television channel owned by Desh Television Limited, a part of the Karnaphuli Group conglomerate. It officially commenced broadcasts on 26 March 2009. Desh ...
, a Bangladeshi TV channel
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''Desh'' (film), a 2002 Indian Bengali-language film by Raja Sen
* Desh Bouksani, the name of a rival assassin in the 2007 film ''
The Bourne Ultimatum'', directed by Paul Greengrass
Places
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-desh, an Indo-Aryan word for "country", which appears in the names of many places
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Desh, Maharashtra
Desh is a region adjacent to the Western Ghats between the Godavari River and Krishna River, a part of Deccan Plateau, in the states of Maharashtra and Karnataka. The region is hilly and slopes towards the east, and is drained by the upper r ...
, a place in India
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Bangladesh
Bangladesh, officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, eighth-most populous country in the world and among the List of countries and dependencies by ...
, a country in South Asia, comprising East Bengal
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Brahmadesh, an alternative name for Burma/Myanmar meaning "Land of Brahma"
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Garhdesh, a historical name for
Garhwal division in
Uttarakhand
Uttarakhand (, ), also known as Uttaranchal ( ; List of renamed places in India, the official name until 2007), is a States and union territories of India, state in North India, northern India. The state is bordered by Himachal Pradesh to the n ...
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Gurjardesh, a historical region in India comprising eastern Rajasthan and northern Gujarat
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Khandesh
Khandesh is a geographic region in Maharashtra, India. It was made up of present Jalgaon, Dhule and Nandurbar districts. It also said that Burhanpur District of Madhya Pradesh was also its part.
The region have seen many geographical ch ...
, historic region in North India
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Khandesh District
Khandesh District (or Kandesh, Khandeish) was a district, administrative division of Bombay presidency of British India during British rule of India, the district was made up of present-day Jalgaon, Dhule and Nandurbar districts of Maharashtra ...
, historic administrative district
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Sindhudesh
The Sindhudesh movement is a separatist movement that advocates to create a country for the Sindhi people by establishing a sovereign state called Sindhudesh (, ) in the region of Sindh.
The movement was founded by G. M. Syed, after Bangladesh ...
, a concept floated by some Sindhi nationalist parties in Pakistan for the creation of an independent Sindhi state
See also
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Desha (disambiguation)
Desha may refer to:
People
*Benjamin Desha, American soldier and politician
* Joseph Desha (1768–1842), US Representative and the ninth governor of Kentucky
* Lucius Desha Bunton III (1924–2001), US federal judge
* Robert Desha, American polit ...
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Desa (disambiguation)
Desa or DESA may refer to: Desa
* Desa (band), an American rock band
* Desa (Bithynia), a Roman town of ancient Bithynia
* Desa (company), a Turkish leather goods producer and retailer
* Desa, Grand Prince of Serbia, a medieval Serbian ruler
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DES (disambiguation)
Des is a masculine given name, mostly a short form (hypocorism) of Desmond. People named Des include:
People
* Des Buckingham, English football manager
* Des Corcoran, (1928–2004), Australian politician
* Des Dillon (disambiguation), sev ...
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Daesh (disambiguation) Daesh is the Arabic acronym for the Islamic State, a Salafi jihadist terrorist and militant group.
It may also refer to:
*A nickname for the invasive species of blue crab ''Portunus segnis''
See also
* Daish (surname)
*Desh (disambiguation)
Desh ...
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Desi (disambiguation)
Desi or Deshi is a self-referential term used by South Asian people.
Desi or DESI may also refer to:
People
* Desi Anwar (born 1962), Indonesian news presenter
* Desi Arnaz (1917–1986), Cuban-born American musician, actor, comedian and televis ...
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Pradesh
"Pradesh" refers to a province or territory in various South Asian languages. It derives from the Sanskrit (''pradeśa''), meaning "sub-region" or "sub-country". The word was borrowed into other languages to signify "nation" or "country":
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-stan
-stan ( Persian: ستان )(Sanskrit: ''sthān'' or ''sthānam)'' is a Persian suffix that has the meaning of "a place abounding in" or "place where anything abounds" as a suffix. It is widely used by Iranian languages (mainly Persian) and ...
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-land The suffix -land, which can be found in the names of several countries or country subdivisions, indicates a toponymy - a land. The word derived from the Old English ''land'', meaning "ground, soil", and "definite portion of the earth's surface, home ...
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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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Ganj (disambiguation)
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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 par ...
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