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    PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF BANGLADESH

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     I. (noun) 

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    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)play

    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 "People's Republic of Bangladesh"):

    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 "People's Republic of Bangladesh"):

    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 ("People's Republic of Bangladesh" 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)

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