bangla desh

1. A Muslim republic in southern Asia bordered by India to the north and west and east and the Bay of Bengal to the south;
   Formerly part of India and then part of Pakistan;
   It achieved independence in 1971 (synset 108867723)
   domain member region:

   • hindooism, hinduism - the religion of most people in India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Nepal
   • madrasa, madrasah - Muslim schools in Bangladesh and Pakistan
   is an instance of: asian country, asian nation - any one of the nations occupying the Asian continent
   member holonym:

   • bangladeshi - a native or inhabitant of Bangladesh
   • bengali - (Hinduism) a member of a people living in Bangladesh and West Bengal (mainly Hindus)
   has:

   • capital of bangladesh, dacca, dhaka - the capital and largest city of Bangladesh
   • chittagong - a port city and industrial center in southeastern Bangladesh on the Bay of Bengal
   • brahmaputra, brahmaputra river - an Asian river; flows into the Bay of Bengal
   • ganges, ganges river - an Asian river; rises in the Himalayas and flows east into the Bay of Bengal; a sacred river of the Hindus
   is a part of: asia - the largest continent with 60% of the earth's population; it is joined to Europe on the west to form Eurasia; it is the site of some of the world's earliest civilizations
   same as: bangladesh, east pakistan, people's republic of bangladesh

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