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†Japanese name during Korea under Japanese rule (1910–1945). The Korean name is unchanged. ‡Name change in English due to replacement McCune-Reischauer with the Revised Romanization method in 2000. The Korean name is unchanged.
The following is the list of places in Bangladesh that underwent a name change. [ a ] The most common names in English are in bold letters. This list is incomplete ; you can help by adding missing items .
The name of Kashyapa is by history and tradition connected with the draining of the lake, and the chief town or collection of dwellings in the valley was called Kashyapa-pura, which has been identified with Kaspapyros of Hecataeus (apud Stephanus of Byzantium) and Kaspatyros of Herodotus (3.102, 4.44).
The city changed its name to "Eastpointe" after a vote in 1992; the name change had been proposed to reduce its association with the adjacent city of Detroit (a move that offended many Detroit residents), and the "-pointe" is intended to associate the city with the exclusive communities of the Grosse Pointes.
Kashmir is also believed to be the country meant by Ptolemy's Kaspeiria. [11] The earliest text which directly mentions the name Kashmir is in Ashtadhyayi written by the Sanskrit grammarian Pāṇini during the 5th century BC. Pāṇini called the people of Kashmir Kashmirikas.
The city is located on both the sides of the Jhelum River, called Vyath in Kashmir. The river passes through the city and meanders through the valley, moving onward and deepening in the Wular Lake. The city is known for its nine old bridges, connecting the two parts of the city. There are a number of lakes and swamps in and around the city.
The name "Skardu" is believed to be derived from the Balti word meaning "a lowland between two high places." [5] The two referenced "high places" are Shigar city, and the high-altitude Satpara Lake [5] Local people might tend to write the name as སྐར་དོ་ according to how they pronounce it. But the meaning of which, as stated above ...
Cumilla city also got a richer regional economy for remittances and the tourism industry. Rajshahi is also a big city and is known as the educational city of Bangladesh due to its well-marked educational institutions with better results and better educational performances. So we can say that the best 5 cities in Bangladesh are Dhaka, Chittagong ...