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CHITTAGONG
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Chittagong mean?
• CHITTAGONG (noun)
The noun CHITTAGONG has 1 sense:
1. a port city and industrial center in southeastern Bangladesh on the Bay of Bengal
Familiarity information: CHITTAGONG used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A port city and industrial center in southeastern Bangladesh on the Bay of Bengal
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)
port (a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country)
Holonyms ("Chittagong" is a part of...):
Bangla Desh; Bangladesh; East Pakistan; People's Republic of Bangladesh (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. In local language, 'Bangladesh' means Land of the Bengalis ('Bangla' means Bengali, 'desh' means land or country))
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