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EAST PAKISTAN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A Muslim republic in southern Asia bordered by India to the north and west and east and the Bay of Bengal to the south; formerly part of India and then part of Pakistan; it achieved independence in 1971. In local language, 'Bangladesh' means Land of the Bengalis ('Bangla' means Bengali, 'desh' means land or country)
Synonyms:
Bangla Desh; Bangladesh; East Pakistan; People's Republic of Bangladesh
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
Asian country; Asian nation (any one of the nations occupying the Asian continent)
Meronyms (parts of "East Pakistan"):
capital of Bangladesh; Dacca; Dhaka (the capital and largest city of Bangladesh)
Chittagong (a port city and industrial center in southeastern Bangladesh on the Bay of Bengal)
Brahmaputra; Brahmaputra River (an Asian river; flows into the Bay of Bengal)
Ganges; Ganges River (an Asian river; rises in the Himalayas and flows east into the Bay of Bengal; a sacred river of the Hindus)
Meronyms (members of "East Pakistan"):
Bangladeshi (a native or inhabitant of Bangladesh)
Bengali ((Hinduism) a member of a people living in Bangladesh and West Bengal (mainly Hindus))
Domain member region:
Hindooism; Hinduism (the religion of most people in India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Nepal)
madrasa; madrasah (Muslim schools in Bangladesh and Pakistan)
Holonyms ("East Pakistan" is a part of...):
Asia (the largest continent with 60% of the earth's population; it is joined to Europe on the west to form Eurasia; it is the site of some of the world's earliest civilizations)
