English Explanatory Dictionary

Meherpur District

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

Meherpur District

Etymology

Refers to the district of Meherpur, a transliteration of মেহেরপুর, a compound of মেহের (meher) + পুর (pura, “city”); there are two theories on the origin of the first element: * Named after the Sufi saint Meher Ali Shah; thus from Persian مهر (“friendship, love”). * Named after the astrologer-astronomer Varāhamihira; thus from Sanskrit मिहिर (mihira, “sun”).

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