English Explanatory Dictionary

Sherpur District

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. One of the four districts in the Mymensingh Division of Bangladesh.

Word forms

Sherpur District

Etymology

Refers to the district of Sherpur, a transliteration of শেরপুর, ultimately a bilingual compound of Classical Persian شیر (šēr, “lion”) + Bengali পুর (pura, “city”), named in honor of Sher Ali Gazi, the last zamindar of the region.

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