Bangladesh
bang-gluh-DESH/ˌbæŋ.ɡləˈdɛʃ/
- 1A country in South Asia, officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, with its capital at Dhaka.
Bangladesh gained independence from Pakistan in 1971.
The Ganges and Brahmaputra rivers flow through Bangladesh before emptying into the Bay of Bengal.
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Origin
From Bengali বাংলাদেশ (baṅladeś), combining বাংলা (baṅla, "Bengali") and দেশ (deś, "country").