Gorkha can mean:
- Gurkha - the people from Nepal, who take their name from the eighth century Hindu warrior-saint Guru Gorakhnath, and the name of the regiments recruited from these districts, that were a part of Britain's Indian Army and which are now a part of today's British Army.
- Another name for Prithbhinarayan, a Nepali city
- Gorkha District, a district of Nepal
- Gurkha war
- The name of those regiments of the modern Indian Army, successors of the Gurkhas of Britain's imperial Indian Army.
- The name of the medieval state of Gorkha
- Nepali official name as a state before 1930
- Gorkha Beer, a brand of beer brewed in Nepal
- Gorkha Airlines, an Airline in Nepal
- Gorkhaland, the name given to the area around Darjeeling and the Duars in north West Bengal in India
- Gorkha Hill Council, an autonomous body that looks after the administration of the District of Darjeeling
- Gorkha National Liberation Front, a political party in North Bengal, India
- Gorkha Janmukti Morcha, a political party in Darjeeling district and Dooars, India
- Bharatiya Gorkhali Welfare Association, a non-political social organization for the Gorkha.
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