Definition of Bangladesh in English:
Bangladesh
A country of South Asia, in the Ganges delta; population 161,000,000 (estimated 2015); official language, Bengali; capital, Dhaka.
Formerly part of British India, the region became (as East Pakistan) one of the two geographical units of Pakistan. After civil war the independent republic of Bangladesh was proclaimed in 1971; it became a Commonwealth state in 1972
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Definition of Bangladesh in US English:
Bangladesh
A country in southern Asia, in the Ganges River delta, on the Bay of Bengal; population 161,000,000 (estimated 2015); capital, Dhaka; official language, Bengali.
Formerly part of British India, the region, as East Pakistan, became one of the two geographical units of Pakistan. After civil war, the independent republic of Bangladesh was proclaimed in 1971. Cyclones in the Bay of Bengal cause repeated devastation to the country