Pirojpur District

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English[edit]

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Location of the Pirojpur District

Etymology[edit]

Named after a certain royal figure called Firoz, whose exact identity is debated; thus ultimately a corruption of ফিরোজপুর (phirōjpur), a bilingual compound of Classical Persian فَیروز (fīrōz, “victorious”) + Sanskrit पुर (pura, “fortress, town”).

Proper noun[edit]

Pirojpur District

  1. One of the six districts in the Barisal Division of Bangladesh

Translations[edit]

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