English Explanatory Dictionary

Munshiganj District

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

Munshiganj District

Etymology

Named after a local faujdar called Munshi Hayder Hossain; thus ultimately a compound of Persian منشی (“secretary, munshi”) + گنج (“treasury, store”).

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