Bangladeshis

South Asian nationals

Bangladeshis are people from Bangladesh, a densely populated South Asian country on the Bay of Bengal.

The term serves as both noun and adjective: Bangladeshis abroad send remittances home, Bangladeshi cuisine features rice and fish.

The country was formerly East Pakistan until independence in 1971.

nationality

Dhaka

Bangladesh's capital city

diaspora · expatriate · emigrant · taka · remittance · independence · 1971 · flag · anthem

riverine

delta

Symbol denoting variation

monsoon · mangrove · sediment · siltation · chars · floods · cyclones · embankment · sampan · fishing

culture

muslin

Plain-woven cotton cloth

resilient

perseverance

Sustained resolve despite obstacles

endurance · determination · survival · floods · cyclones · microfinance · rebuilding · community · solidarity · ingenuity

cricket

Tigers

Detroit baseball franchise

wickets · innings · century · boundary · pitch · fielder

language

Bangla

Language of Bangladesh

  • scriptWritten words for performance
  • alphabetLanguage's letter system
  • TagoreBengali poet-philosopher, 1913 laureate

literature · poetry · proverbs · idioms · mother-tongue · dialect · linguistics

Categories
Opposites
regional/south asian distinction

BangladeshisPakistanis

South Asian nationality group

Indians · Nepalis · Sri Lankans · Burmese · Bhutanese

Family

Bangladesh, Bangladeshi

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G