"Pollywood" meaning in All languages combined

See Pollywood on Wiktionary

Proper name [English]

IPA: /ˈpɒ.li.wʊd/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈpɑ.li.wʊd/ [General-American]
Rhymes: -ɒliwʊd Etymology: Blend of Punjab + Hollywood Etymology templates: {{blend|en|Punjab|Hollywood}} Blend of Punjab + Hollywood Head templates: {{en-prop}} Pollywood
  1. (informal) The Punjabi film industry based in Amritsar, India. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-Pollywood-en-name-Xft3de0a Categories (other): English blends, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Film industries, India Disambiguation of English blends: 50 50 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50 Disambiguation of Film industries: 50 50 Disambiguation of India: 71 29
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name [English]

IPA: /ˈpɒ.li.wʊd/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈpɑ.li.wʊd/ [General-American]
Rhymes: -ɒliwʊd Etymology: Blend of Peshawar + Hollywood Etymology templates: {{blend|en|Peshawar|Hollywood}} Blend of Peshawar + Hollywood Head templates: {{en-prop}} Pollywood
  1. (informal) The Pashto film industry based in Peshawar, Pakistan. Tags: informal Related terms: Pallywood
    Sense id: en-Pollywood-en-name-q6qJmkKi Categories (other): English blends, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Film industries, Pakistan Disambiguation of English blends: 50 50 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50 Disambiguation of Film industries: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pakistan: 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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