Bandarban

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Etymology

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From Bengali বান্দরবান (bandorban), from earlier বান্দরবাঁধ (bandorbãdh, dam of monkeys), a compound of বান্দর (bandor, monkey) + বাঁধ (bãdh, dam), such named due to a legend that monkeys were once seen walking in a row during a heavy rainfall and that this row was compared to a dam by the locals.

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Bandarban

  1. A hill district in Bangladesh.
  2. The administrative headquarters of Bandarban Hill District.