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Bengali
Etymology
Compound of ঠাকুর (ṭhakur, “respected person, lord”) + গাঁও (gãō, “village”), named such for the rich Chakrabarti family, who were very influential in the region.[1]
Pronunciation
Proper noun
ঠাকুরগাঁও • (ṭhakurgãō)
- Thakurgaon (the capital of the Thakurgaon District, Bangladesh)
- Thakurgaon District (a district of Bangladesh)
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References
- ^ “ঠাকুরবাড়ি থেকে লোকজনের মুখে মুখে ‘ঠাকুরগাঁও’”, in Bangla Tribune (in Bengali), 2023 March 22 (last accessed)