Manipuri
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Manipuri is the synonym of Meetei or Meitei. Meetei is an endonym and Manipuri is an exonym.
It may refer to:
It may refer to:
- ManipurManipurManipur is a state in northeastern India, with the city of Imphal as its capital. Manipur is bounded by the Indian states of Nagaland to the north, Mizoram to the south and Assam to the west; it also borders Burma to the east. It covers an area of...
, a state in northeastern India - Manipuri language, a Tibeto-Burman language also known as the Meeteilon
- Manipuri people, an ethnic group in South Asia
- Manipuri literature, the literature in Manipuri language i.e. Meeteilon
- Manipuri script or Meitei Mayek script, the script used for Meeteilon by the Meitei people
- Manipuri danceManipuri danceManipuri dance is one of the major Indian classical dance forms. It originates from Manipur, a state in north-eastern India on the border with Myanmar . In Manipur, surrounded by mountains and geographically isolated at the meeting point of the orient and mainland India, the form developed its own...
, one of the Indian classical dance forms.It is also known as Meetei Jagoi - Manipuri PonyManipuri PonyThe Manipuri pony is a breed of pony developed in India. It is an old breed and is thought to have developed from crosses between the Mongolian Wild Horse and the Arabian that were subsequently brought to India by invading Tartar tribes...
, a horse breed