Bangladesh

Language: en

🇬🇧 /ˈbæŋləˌdɛʃ/ 🇺🇸 /ˈbæŋləˌdɛʃ/

📖 Definitions

  1. noun
    A country in South Asia, situated on the Bay of Bengal, bordered by India and Myanmar; capital Dhaka. Formerly known as East Pakistan before gaining independence in 1971.; A person from Bangladesh; a Bangladeshi national.

🔗 Details

Word forms

uncountable

Collocations

People's Republic of BangladeshBangladesh governmentBangladesh economyin Bangladesh

Derivatives

Bangladeshi

Commonly confused

Bengal
EN: 'Bengal' is a broader historical/cultural region split between Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Bengal; 'Bangladesh' is the sovereign nation.
Bengali
EN: 'Bengali' refers to the language or ethnic group; 'Bangladesh' is the country name.

Spelling tips

EN: Remember 'Bangladesh' has no space or hyphen; it is one word. The 'd' is lowercase only in informal contexts—always capitalize as a proper noun.

💬 Examples

  1. Bangladesh is one of the most densely populated countries in the world, with over 170 million people.

  2. The Bangladesh at the conference spoke passionately about climate change impacts on low-lying delta regions.