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Barisal

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[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

After studying literature at a Barisal college, Kowshik went to Dhaka to find work.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 21, 2015

His efforts helped Barisal Burners clinch a 10-wicket victory over Sylhet Royals.

From BBC • Feb. 10, 2012

We started near Sealdah station, where my grandmother had stepped off the train from Barisal in 1946, with five boys and four steel trunks in tow.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

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