সুন্দরবন

Bengali

Etymology

A compound of সুন্দর (sundor, “beautiful”) + বন (bon, “forest”), literally meaning "beautiful forest", referring to the natural beauty of the forest as well the abundance of sundari trees (Bengali: সুন্দরী; from the first element) in it.

Proper noun

সুন্দরবন • (śundôrbôn)

  1. the Sundarbans (a mangrove area in the Ganges delta)
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