লন্ডন

Bengali

Alternative forms

• লণ্ডন (lonḍon)

Etymology

Borrowed from English London, from Middle English London, from Old English Lunden, from Vulgar Latin *Lundeinju, likely ultimately from Proto-Celtic *Londinyom (“place that floods”).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /lɔnɖɔn/, [ˈlɔɳɖɔn]

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• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /lɔndɔn/, [ˈlɔndɔn]

Noun

লন্ডন • (lonḍon)

1. London (the capital and largest city of the United Kingdom)

   লন্ডনে টিউব রেলওয়ের নাম দুনিয়া জোড়া

   lonḍone ṭiub relōẇer nam duniẏa jōṛa

   The world knows the name of London's tube railway

   - Muhammad Abdul Hye

2. (informal) the United Kingdom

   Synonyms: বিলাত (bilat), যুক্তরাজ্য (juktorajjo)

Derived terms

• পূর্ব লন্ডন (purbo lonḍon)
• লন্ডনী (lonḍoni)
• হায়রে লন্ডন শান্তি নাই (haẏore lonḍon śanti nai)