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Kangla

Kangla proper noun: an ancient capital city of the Kangleipak realm.

kangla: an ancient capital city of the Kangleipak realm
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Proper noun

Kangla

  1. An ancient capital city of the Kangleipak realm.
  2. A fortified palace in Imphal.

Noun

Kangla (plural Kanglas)

  1. (India, derogatory, ethnic, offensive, slang, slur) A Bangladeshi.

Forms of Kangla

pluralKanglas

Origin of Kangla

Borrowed from Manipuri ꯀꯪꯂꯥ (kaṃlā).

Blend of Hindi कंगाल (kaṅgāl, “poor, pauper, destitute”) + Bengali বাংলা (baṅla, “Bengal, Bengali language”).

Questions about Kangla

What does Kangla mean?
Kangla means an ancient capital city of the Kangleipak realm.
What part of speech is Kangla?
Kangla can be a proper noun or a noun.

Words near Kangla in the dictionary

  1. Kangjam
  2. Kangjei
  3. Kangju
  4. kangkong
  5. kangkung
  6. Kangla
  7. Kangladesh
  8. Kangladeshi
  9. Kangladeshis
  10. Kanglas
  11. Kangle

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