English Explanatory Dictionary

Magura District

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. One of the ten districts in the Khulna Division of Bangladesh.

Word forms

Magura District

Etymology

Named after the district of Magura, a transliteration of মাগুরা (magura), which is probably from মাগুর (magur, “catfish”), supposedly because catfish were abundant in its marshes in the past.

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