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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 Bengalplay

  Familiarity information: CHITTAGONG used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CHITTAGONG (noun)


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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