English Explanatory Dictionary

Khagrachari District

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. One of the eleven districts in the Chittagong Division of Bangladesh.

Word forms

Khagrachari District

Etymology

From Bengali খাগড়াছড়ি (khagṛachoṛi), a compound of খাগড়া (khagoṛa, “reed”) + ছড়ি (choṛi, “river”, from Sanskrit सरित् (sarit, “river, stream”)), referring to the reeds around the banks of the Chengi River, near which the district headquarters are located.

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