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Bandarban

UK/ˈbændɑːbæn/US/ˈbændɑːɹbæn/

Bandarban proper noun: a hill district in Bangladesh.

Proper noun

Bandarban

  1. A hill district in Bangladesh.
  2. The administrative headquarters of Bandarban Hill District.

Bandarban meaning in Bengali

Bandarban in Bengali

Bandarban
বান্দরবান bandorban

Origin of Bandarban

From Bengali বান্দরবান (bandorban), from earlier বান্দরবাঁধ (bandorbãdh, “dam of monkeys”), a compound of বান্দর (bandor, “monkey”) + বাঁধ (bãdh, “dam”), such named due to a legend that monkeys were once seen walking in a row during a heavy rainfall and that this row was compared to a dam by the locals.

Phrases with Bandarban

Questions about Bandarban

What does Bandarban mean?
Bandarban means a hill district in Bangladesh.
What is Bandarban in Bengali?
Bandarban in Bengali is বান্দরবান (bandorban). See Bandarban meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is Bandarban?
Bandarban is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Bandarban?
Bandarban is pronounced /ˈbændɑːbæn/ (UK).

Words near Bandarban in the dictionary

  1. Bandar Shapur
  2. Bandar Torkaman
  3. Bandar-Congo
  4. Bandar-e Emam Khomeyni
  5. Bandar-e Khomeyni
  6. Bandarban
  7. Bandarban District
  8. Bandaree
  9. Bandarees
  10. Bandargate
  11. bandari

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Bandarban (page history and authors); বান্দরবান (Bengali) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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