Where does “Kangla” come from?

Kangla (English) comes from Bengali বাংলা, from Middle Bengali বাঙ্গালা, from Sanskrit वङ्गाल.

Kangla (English): An ancient capital city of the Kangleipak realm

Definitions

  1. An ancient capital city of the Kangleipak realm

Ancestry of “Kangla”, step by step

Kangla traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Bengali বাংলা

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1BengaliবাংলাBengali, Bangla; related to Bengal, the Bengali...
2Middle Bengaliবাঙ্গালাBengal
3Sanskritवङ्गाल

via English कंगाल

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishकंगाल
Every word from Sanskrit वङ्गालEvery word from Middle Bengali বাঙ্গালাEvery word from Bengali বাংলা
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