Answer: suba

AnswerCrossword Clue
subaate NW India formed from N part of former state of Punjab ? Chandigarh area 19,448 square miles (50,370 square kilometers), pop 24,289,296
subaregion NW Indian subcontinent in Pakistan & NW India occupying valleys of the Indus & its five tributaries; formerly a province of British India ? Lahore
subaa province of India, also SUBAH