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Chittagong

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Chit·ta·gong  (cht-gông, -gng)
A city of southeast Bangladesh near the Bay of Bengal. It is a major port and industrial center. Population: 2,200,000.

Chittagong [ˈtʃɪtəˌgɒŋ]
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(Placename) a port in E Bangladesh, on the Bay of Bengal: industrial centre. Pop.: 1 599 000 (1991)
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Noun1.Chittagong - a port city and industrial center in southeastern Bangladesh on the Bay of Bengal
Bangla Desh, Bangladesh, East Pakistan, People's Republic of Bangladesh - a Muslim republic in southern Asia bordered by India to the north and west and east and the Bay of Bengal to the south; formerly part of India and then part of Pakistan; it achieved independence in 1971


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By Bandar Al-Shallahi KUWAIT, Nov 10 (KUNA) -- The national airways, Kuwait Airways Corporation, officially inaugurated a new line to the city of Chittagong in Bangladesh last week, amid an upbeat atmosphere that the new service to the country's largest city will be successful.
Mr Rashid, who was from Chittagong district, also leaves behind his wife, a third son and a daughter in Bangladesh.
Byline: Anisur Rahman, Correspondent Dhaka: Bangladesh's Commerce Minister Faruk Khan said India could eventually use the southeastern Chittagong Port which has recently upgraded and its capacity expanded.
 
 
 
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