Lohit

Lohit is a name that appears in several Indian contexts, most prominently in Arunachal Pradesh. It refers to a river, an administrative district, and a family of open-source fonts, as well as being used as a personal given name.

Lohit River is a major river in northeastern India, a tributary of the Brahmaputra. It rises in the eastern Himalayan foothills near the region bordering Tibet, flows east and south through Arunachal Pradesh, and enters Assam where it joins the Brahmaputra. The river's basin supports towns, forests, and diverse ecosystems along its course.

Lohit district is an administrative district of Arunachal Pradesh in the eastern part of the state. Its headquarters is the town of Tezu. The district is named after the Lohit River and forms part of the larger Mishmi Hills region, with various Indigenous communities.

Lohit also refers to a family of open-source fonts designed for Indic scripts. The Lohit fonts include Lohit Devanagari, Lohit Bengali, Lohit Gujarati, Lohit Gurmukhi, Lohit Kannada, Lohit Malayalam, Lohit Oriya, and Lohit Tamil. They are widely used in Linux distributions to render multiple languages and scripts.

Lohit as a given name is used in India and derives from Sanskrit Lohita, meaning red or crimson. It is used for people as well as in place names and branding.