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Historical names: Bakla-Chandradwip (English), বাকলা-চন্দ্রদ্বীপ - Bakla-Chondrodeep (Bengali), باکلا-چندردویپ - Baklā-Chandrādīp (Persian, Urdu), بكلا-تشاندرا ديب - Baklā-Tshāndrā Dīp (Arabic) Other names: Gird-e-Bandar (The Great Port) - (English), গিরদে বন্দর - Girde Bondor (Bengali), ইসমাইলপুর - Ismailpur, Backergunge - (English), বাকেরগঞ্জ - Bakergonj (Bengali) Sebu - セブ - (Japanese) Jātjām / جاتجام (Modern Standard Arabic), Shatt Al-Ghānj / شط الغانج, Čitagong - Читагонг (Macedonian), Chatgaon / চাটগাঁও (Bengali), Chatgaon - चटगाँव (Hindi), (Chatgaon - چٹگاؤں (Urdu), Chātgām چاتگام (Persian), சிட்டகாங் (Tamil), Chatigão (Portuguese), Chittagon - チッタゴン (Japanese) also written as Erzerum or Erzeroum in some texts until the early 20th century, formerly known as Arzen during the Roman period, Theodosiopolis (after Theodosius I) during the Byzantine period and Karin (Կարին) in Armenian (hence Karnu-kalaki, კარნუ-ქალაქი, of the medieval Georgians), ارض روم (Urdu), எர்சுரும் (Tamil) 撫西 (alternate Chinese), Bú-sūn (Southern Min), Ū-sông (Eastern Min), Phủ Thuận (Vietnamese) Historical names: Nasirabad নাসিরাবাদ (Bengali), নসরতশাহী - Nasratshahi/Nosrotshahi, মোমেনশাহী - Mu'min Shahi formerly Nanking Pyeongyang/P'yŏngyang - 평양 [平壤] (Korean), Pyongyang (Danish, Dutch, English, French, Indonesian, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish), Pyonʼyan - 平壌 [ピョンヤン] (Japanese) Heijō - 平壌 [へいじょう] (Historical Japanese), پیونگ یانگ (Urdu), புயோங்கியாங் (Tamil), Pieng jaang - ພຽງຢາງ (Lao) راجكوت - Rajkut (Arabic) Yamagwçï (Kazakh), 山口 - Shānkǒu (Chinese) Yantashwan (Arabic), 銀川 - Ginkawa (Japanese), 인촨 - Inchwan (Korean) Yujinosaharinsuku (Japanese),Yujno Saxalinsk (Uzbek), Yujno-Sahalinsk (Turkish*), 豊原市 - Toyohara (former Japanese), Joezno-Sachalinsk (Afrikaans), Juschno-Sachalinsk (German), Jużnosachalińsk (Polish) Zamaba'āṅgā (Bengali), Sambuangan (Tausūg), Замбоанги - Zamboangi (Russian), ઝામબોંગા - Jhāmabōṅgā (Gujarati)