Meanings
- A province of Nepal.
Their main demand: representation equal to their population and federal redistricting that maintains Madhesh and Tharu provinces – which would guarantee the groups a bigger representation in parliament.
2015 September 20, Sugam Pokharel, Salim Essaid, “More than half a century in the making: Nepal enshrines new constitution”, in CNN, archived from the original on 18 Oct 20221 more example
On January 19, Shah stood with RSP founder and TV host-turned-politician Rabi Lamichhane at a rally in the capital city of Nepal's Madhesh province and told the thousands gathered: "A Madhesi boy is going to become prime minister."
2026 March 7, Saurabh Sharma, Sahana Bajracharya, Gopal Sharma, Devjyot Ghoshal, “Inside the Nepal campaign that could vault Balendra Shah to power”, in Tom Hogue, editor, Reuters
Origin
- Nepaliमधेश
- EnglishMadhesh
Borrowed from Nepali मधेश (madheś).
More words from Nepali
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Bengali মধেশ
- মধেশ (modheś)province
Chinese Mandarin 馬德西省 /马德西省
- 馬德西省 /马德西省 (mǎdéxīshěng)province
Hindi मधेश
- मधेश (madheś)province
Japanese マデシ州
- マデシ州 (madeshi-shū)province
Tamil மாதேஷ்
- மாதேஷ் (mātēṣ)province
Urdu مدھیش
- مدھیش (madheś)province
Cite this entry
Madhesh. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Madhesh
“Madhesh.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Madhesh. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Madhesh,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Madhesh.
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