English Explanatory Dictionary

Gazipur District

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. One of the thirteen districts in the Dhaka Division of Bangladesh.

Word forms

Gazipur District

Etymology

Refers to the district of Gazipur, a transliteration of গাজীপুর, ultimately a bilingual compound of Arabic غَازِي (ḡāzī, “warrior, ghazi”, construct state of غَازِ (ḡāzi)) + Bengali পুর (pura, “city”), named in honor of Fazl Gazi, one of the Baro Bhuyans of Bengal and the first zamindar of Bhawal Estate.

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