Gazipur District
English
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Location of the Gazipur District
Etymology
Refers to the district of Gazipur, a transliteration of গাজীপুর, ultimately a bilingual compound of Arabic غَازِي (ḡāzī, “warrior, ghazi”, construct state of غَازِ (ḡāzi)) + Bengali পুর (pura, “city”), named in honor of Fazl Gazi, one of the Baro Bhuyans of Bengal and the first zamindar of Bhawal Estate.
Proper noun
Gazipur District
- One of the thirteen districts in the Dhaka Division of Bangladesh
Translations
Gazipur District
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