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Banglaphile

Banglaphile noun: someone who loves Bengal, Bengali culture, cuisine, history or its people.

Noun

Banglaphile (plural Banglaphiles)

  1. Someone who loves Bengal, Bengali culture, cuisine, history or its people.
    • "Medium" income allows a household a life of no physical deprivation but relatively few frills. Their children usually go to not quite the best schools, and the whole family is likely to be less westernised, perhaps even aggressively "Banglaphile" in dress, manners, and artistic tastes.1991, Abu Abdullah, Modernisation at Bay: Structure and Change in Bangladesh (BIDS studies in development), University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 110
    • Novak, who has been visiting Bangladesh for more than 20 years and who was the Asia Foundation's representative there in the early 1980s, is an acknowledged Banglaphile.1994, Far Eastern Economic Review, volume 157, Far Eastern Economic Review Limited, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 37

Banglaphile meaning in Bengali

Banglaphile in Bengali

Translations
বাংলাপ্রেমী baṅlapremi

Examples of Banglaphile in a sentence

  • Heavy Banglaphiles can also check out these unofficial […]1997, Business India, numbers 509-512, A. H. Advani, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 128:
  • For Grass, a renowned Banglaphile, hope is personified in a Bengali who is in the cycle rickshaw business, a man free from “nationalistic narrowness.”1999 October 2, “Leaves of Grass”, in The Indian Express:
  • It opens up a vast storehouse of information on the Bangalees and Banglaphiles at home and around the world2002, Bangladesh Quarterly, volumes 23-24, Department of Films & Publications, Government of Bangladesh., →LCCN, →OCLC, page 78:

Forms of Banglaphile

pluralBanglaphiles

Origin of Banglaphile

From Bangla + -phile.

Questions about Banglaphile

What does Banglaphile mean?
Banglaphile means someone who loves Bengal, Bengali culture, cuisine, history or its people.
What is Banglaphile in Bengali?
Banglaphile in Bengali is বাংলাপ্রেমী (baṅlapremi). See Banglaphile meaning in Bengali.
How do you use Banglaphile in a sentence?
Heavy Banglaphiles can also check out these unofficial […]
What part of speech is Banglaphile?
Banglaphile is a noun.
What is the plural of Banglaphile?
The plural of Banglaphile is Banglaphiles.

Words near Banglaphile in the dictionary

  1. Bangladeshis
  2. Bangladeshize
  3. Bangladeshized
  4. Bangladeshizes
  5. Bangladeshizing
  6. Banglaphile
  7. Banglaphiles
  8. banglaphone
  9. banglaphones
  10. Banglas
  11. Banglatown

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