Narayanganj District

English
Location of the Narayanganj District

Etymology

Named after a market which was dedicated to the god Narayana; thus ultimately a bilingual compound of Bengali নারায়ণ (naraẏon) + Persian گنج (“treasury, store”).

Proper noun

Narayanganj District

  1. One of the thirteen districts in the Dhaka Division of Bangladesh

Translations
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