Magura District

English

Etymology

Named after the district of Magura, a transliteration of মাগুরা (magura), which is probably from মাগুর (magur, “catfish”), supposedly because catfish were abundant in its marshes in the past.

Proper noun

Magura District

  1. One of the ten districts in the Khulna Division of Bangladesh

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