English Explanatory Dictionary

Bandarban

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A hill district in Bangladesh.
  2. The administrative headquarters of Bandarban Hill District.

Pronunciation

/ˈbændɑːbæn/ /ˈbændɑːɹbæn/

Word forms

Bandarban

Etymology

From Bengali বান্দরবান (bandorban), from earlier বান্দরবাঁধ (bandorbãdh, “dam of monkeys”), a compound of বান্দর (bandor, “monkey”) + বাঁধ (bãdh, “dam”), such named due to a legend that monkeys were once seen walking in a row during a heavy rainfall and that this row was compared to a dam by the locals.

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