ব্রাহ্মণবাড়িয়া

Etymology
A compound of 🇰🇲, literally meaning "home of the Brahmins".

There are several opinions about the naming of Brahmanbaria district. It is known from The History of Naming (Bengali: নামকরণের ইতিকথা) by SM Shah Nur that during the rule of the Senas, the area (then known as Rang) lacked a Brahmin presence which would was not ideal for puja. To solve this problem, the Sena king brought some Brahmin families from Kanyakunj to inhabit Rang. In the 14th century, Qazi Mahmud Shah invited the Brahmins of Rang to accept Islam, and they willingly converted. Rang was named as Baunbaira (lit. Brahmins leaving in the local dialect of the district) after this incident.