Definitions

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  • proper noun Dam of Monkeys
  • proper noun A hill district in Bangladesh
  • proper noun Administrative headquarter of Bandarban Hill District

Etymologies

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Bandar (monkey) > Bengali: বান্দর, English: bandar + Ban (dam) > Bengali: বান, English: baandh

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Examples

  • North of Cox's Bazar is Chittagong and the hill districts of Bandarban and Khagrachhari, to the east is Myanmar, to the west and south is the Bay of BengaL

    Vote for cox Bazar 2008

  • North of Cox's Bazar is Chittagong and the hill districts of Bandarban and Khagrachhari, to the east is Myanmar, to the west and south is the Bay of BengaL

    Vote for cox Bazar 2008

  • A correspondent in Bandarban reports: BDR reinforced its troops at the border between Naikkhangchhari upazila and Myanmar yesterday.

    Myanmar withdraws warships 2008

  • Along with various parts of the country, the listing of voters in Chittagong and the three Hill Districts of Rangamati, Khagrachari and Bandarban began on 22nd October, 2007 (Prothom Alo, 23rd Oct. 2007).

    The CHT Peace Accord and the Voters List 2007

  • Local government administrator Mizanur Rahman says the Saturday morning accident occurred amid poor visibility caused by dense fog in Bandarban district, about 155 miles 250 kilometers southeast of the capital, Dhaka.

    SFGate: Don Asmussen: Bad Reporter 2012

  • Local government administrator Mizanur Rahman says the Saturday morning accident occurred amid poor visibility caused by dense fog in Bandarban district, about 155 miles 250 kilometers southeast of the capital, Dhaka.

    www.startribune.com 2012

  • Local government administrator Mizanur Rahman says the Saturday morning accident occurred amid poor visibility caused by dense fog in Bandarban district, about 155 miles 250 kilometers southeast of the capital, Dhaka.

    The Seattle Times 2012

  • At least 26 people were killed in the southern beach resort of Cox's Bazaar and four more in the nearby Bandarban hills.

    Channel NewsAsia Front Page News 2010

  • Another mudslide in a nearby district of Bandarban killed four members of a family, said police officer Zahirul Hoque.

    Fore, right! 2010

  • Around 36 foreign-funded NGOs are working in the hill districts, Bandarban, Khagrachari and

    The Daily Star 2010

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