Newar people
Among the indigenous Newar people, Kathmandu is known as "Yeṃ Deśa" (), and Patan and Bhaktapur are known as "Yala Deśa" () and "Khwopa Deśa" () respectively. "Yen" is the shorter form of "Yambu" (), which originally referred to the northern half of Kathmandu. The older northern settlements were referred to as Yambi while the southern settlement was known as Yangala.