EAST PAKISTANI

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to or characteristic of Bangladesh or its people or language

Example:

Bangladeshi dialects

Synonyms:

Bangladeshi; East Pakistani

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

Bangladesh (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))

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