Bangladesh

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Bangladesh

/ˌbæŋ.ɡləˈdɛʃ/
/ˌbɑːŋ.ɡləˈdɛʃ/
/ˌbæŋ.ləˈdɛʃ/
/ˌbɑːŋ.ləˈdɛʃ/
/bɑŋ(ɡ)lɑd̪eʃ/ South Asia
/bəŋˈ(ɡ)lɑd̪eʃ/ South Asia

Rhymes with -ɛʃ

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From Bengali বাংলাদেশ (baṅladeś), from বাংলা (baṅla, “Bengali”) + দেশ (deś, “country”).

proper noun Bangla Desh

A country in South Asia. Official name: People's Republic of Bangladesh. Capital: Dhaka. The 27-year-old got a bat today , sticking around while Sajid Mahmood was salvaging the Lancashire second innings with 55 not out, but how much bowling and what good it will do him ahead of England's first Test against Bangladesh next Thursday is open to doubt.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: east pakistan, bangla desh, bhutan, ethiopia, china, bengali, bangladeshi, bengal, ukraine, xia, indonesia, ecuador, colombia, france, dhaka, argentina

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Español	Bangladés, Bangladesh
한국어	방글라데시 Banggeulladesi
日本語	バングラデシュ Banguradeshu
中文	孟加拉國 /孟加拉国 Mèngjiālāguó, 孟加拉 Mèngjiālā
हिन्दी	बांग्लादेश bāṅglādeś, बांगलादेश bāṅglādeś, बंगलादेश baṅglādeś, बाङ्ग्लादेश bāṅglādeś, पूर्वी पाकिस्तान pūrvī pākistān
Kiswahili	Bangladesh
Português	Bangladexe
Français	Bangladesh
Deutsch	Bangladesch, Bangladesh
Italiano	Bangladesh
Ελληνικά	Μπαγκλαντές Bagklantés, Μπανγκλαντές Bangklantés
Română	Bangladesh
Русский	Бангладе́ш Bangladɛ́š
Tiếng Việt	Băng-la-đét, Đông Hồi
العربية	بَنْغْلَادِيش banglādēš
עברית	בַּנְגְּלָדֶשׁ bangladesh

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@misc{bangladesh_2026,
  title = {Bangladesh},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bangladesh},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}