English Explanatory Dictionary

Noakhali

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

Noakhali Noakhali District

Etymology

Transliteration of নোয়াখালী (nōẇakhali), a compound of নোয়া (nōẇa, a dialectal variant of নয়া (noẏa, “new”)) + খালী (khali, a suffixed form of খাল (khal, “canal”)), literally meaning "new canal".

Synonyms

Noacolly Noakhali District
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