Barisal

American

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

noun

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

Puja's father was tipped off that the girls had been seen on the back of a motorbike, heading in the direction of 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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