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Bangla

British  
/ ˈbæŋlə /

noun

  1. another name for Bengali

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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When mother and son sing songs from the famous cycle by Bengali writer-composer and Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore or hold a deathbed conversation in Bangla, the piece spins further across time and space.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 12, 2026

Tonight, Mui came equipped with bright blue flyers in six languages: English, Spanish, Bangla, Chinese, Arabic, and Urdu.

From Slate Oct. 27, 2025

More than a dozen historical monuments dot the course, including the striking 17th-century Lal Bangla tombs and others of the 15th century Lodhi dynasty.

From Barron's Oct. 18, 2025

"The time has come, God willing, I will return soon," Tarique Rahman, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party's acting chairman, told BBC Bangla in his first face-to-face interview for nearly 20 years.

From BBC Oct. 6, 2025

"Yes, young man, that is exactly what we do," answers Big Harm in Bangla, frowning at him from the sofa.

From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins

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