"Pollywood" meaning in English

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Proper name

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 Categories (topical): Film industries Categories (place): India
    Sense id: en-Pollywood-en-name-Xft3de0a Disambiguation of Film industries: 49 51 Disambiguation of India: 68 32 Categories (other): English blends, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English blends: 50 50 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name

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 Categories (topical): Film industries Categories (place): Pakistan Related terms: Pallywood
    Sense id: en-Pollywood-en-name-q6qJmkKi Disambiguation of Film industries: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pakistan: 8 92 Categories (other): English blends, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English blends: 50 50 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

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