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Bangladesh

/ˌbæŋ.ɡləˈdɛʃ/

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South Asia/bɑŋ(ɡ)lɑd̪eʃ/

Bangladesh proper noun: a country in South Asia. Official name: People's Republic of Bangladesh. Capital: Dhaka.

bangladesh: a country in South Asia. Official name: People's Republic of Bangladesh. Capital: Dhaka
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Proper noun

Bangladesh

  1. A country in South Asia. Official name: People's Republic of Bangladesh. Capital: Dhaka.
    • The 27-year-old got a bat today , sticking around while Sajid Mahmood was salvaging the Lancashire second innings with 55 not out, but how much bowling and what good it will do him ahead of England's first Test against Bangladesh next Thursday is open to doubt.2010 May 18, Mike Averis, “Warwickshire's Andrew Miller takes five wickets then Lancashire bite back”, in The Guardian

Bangladesh meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

Bangladesh in Hindi

country
बांग्लादेश bāṅglādeś, बांगलादेश bāṅglādeś, बंगलादेश baṅglādeś, बाङ्ग्लादेश bāṅglādeś, पूर्वी पाकिस्तान pūrvī pākistān

Bangladesh in Tamil

country
வங்காளதேசம் vaṅkāḷatēcam

Bangladesh in Marathi

country
बांगलादेश bāṅglādeś

Bangladesh in Urdu

country
بَن٘گْلَہ دیش baṅgla deś
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Bangladesh in Bengali
বাংলাদেশ baṅladeś
Bangladesh in Telugu
బంగ్లాదేశ్ baṅglādēś
Bangladesh in Malayalam
ബംഗ്ലാദേശ് baṅglādēśŭ
Bangladesh in Kannada
ಬಾಂಗ್ಲಾದೇಶ bāṅglādēśa
Bangladesh in Punjabi
ਬੰਗਲਾਦੇਸ਼ baṅglādeś
Bangladesh in Gujarati
બાંગ્લાદેશ bā̃glādeś
Bangladesh in Odia
ବାଁଲାଦେଶ bā̃lādeśa
Bangladesh in Sanskrit
बाङ्गलादेश bāṅgalādeśa, वङ्गालदेश vaṅgāladeśa
Bangladesh in Sinhala
බංගලාදේශය baṁgalādēśaya
Bangladesh in Assamese
বাংলাদেশ baṅladex
Bangladesh in Nepali
बंगलादेश baṅgalādeś
Bangladesh in Pashto
بنګلدېش bangladeš, بنګله دېش bangla deš
Bangladesh in Tagalog
Bangglades
Bangladesh in Arabic
بَنْغِلَادِيش banḡladēš
Bangladesh in Malay
Bangladesh
Bangladesh in Indonesian
Bangladesh
Bangladesh in Thai
บังกลาเทศ bang-glaa-têet
Bangladesh in Vietnamese
Băng-la-đét, Đông Hồi
Bangladesh in Myanmar
ဘင်္ဂလားဒေ့ရှ် bhangga.la:de.hr
Sindhi
بنگلاديش b̃glādeś
Dhivehi
ބަންގާޅު ban̊gāḷu
Kashmiri
बंगलादेश baṃgalādēś
Dzongkha
བངྒ་ལ་དེཤ bngga la desh

Forms of Bangladesh

alternative form (dated)Bangla Desh

Origin of Bangladesh

From Bengali বাংলাদেশ (baṅladeś), from বাংলা (baṅla, “Bengali”) + দেশ (deś, “country”).

Words formed from Bangladesh

Phrases with Bangladesh

Words that rhyme with Bangladesh

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Questions about Bangladesh

What does Bangladesh mean?
Bangladesh means a country in South Asia. Official name: People's Republic of Bangladesh. Capital: Dhaka.
What is Bangladesh in Hindi?
Bangladesh in Hindi is बांग्लादेश (bāṅglādeś), बांगलादेश (bāṅglādeś), बंगलादेश (baṅglādeś). See Bangladesh meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Bangladesh?
Bangladesh is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Bangladesh?
Bangladesh is pronounced /ˌbæŋ.ɡləˈdɛʃ/.

Words near Bangladesh in the dictionary

  1. Bangl.
  2. Bangla
  3. Bangla Desh
  4. Bangla-centric
  5. Banglacentric
  6. Bangladesh
  7. Bangladeshi
  8. Bangladeshi English
  9. Bangladeshiness
  10. Bangladeshis
  11. Bangladeshize

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Bangladesh (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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