Narayanganj District

English

Etymology

Named after a market which was dedicated to the god Narayana; thus ultimately a bilingual compound of Bengali নারায়ণ (naraẏon) + Bengali গঞ্জ (gonj, “treasury, store”), from Persian گنج.

Proper noun

Narayanganj District

  2. One of the thirteen districts in the Dhaka Division of Bangladesh.

Translations

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