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Barisal

American  
[buhr-uh-sahl, bar-uh-sawl] / ˌbʌr əˈsɑl, ˈbær əˌsɔl /

noun

  1. a port city in S Bangladesh, on the Ganges River.


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Younger women, aged from 15-19 years, and women from urban slums and disaster-prone coastal regions such as Barisal and Khulna experienced even higher rates, of more than 80 percent, the survey added.

From Barron's Oct. 13, 2025

China helped with two coal plants, in Barisal and Payra.

From New York Times Jun. 18, 2023

By the time the police had organised a search party, however, the girls had already crossed the river and arrived in Barisal.

From BBC Jan. 27, 2016

Kowshik’s family came from Barisal, in the south.

From The New Yorker Dec. 21, 2015

In his ancestral village of Dehergoti, near Barisal, Jagu’s psyche had somehow been tethered to his friends and his family.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

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