From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Bangladesh \Bangladesh\ prop. n. An independent Asian country on teh Bay of Bengal that was once part of India and then part of Pakistan (called East Pakistan).
Syn: Bangla Desh, East Pakistan. [WordNet 1.5]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
Bangladesh
noun: 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 [syn: {People's Republic of Bangladesh}, {Bangla Desh}, {East Pakistan}]
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