# Chittagong name
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chittagong-name/1033421
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [September 27, 2026, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chittagong-name/1033421 "2026-09-27T14:46:53Z")
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### Author:  [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)
#### Post date: [September 27, 2026, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chittagong-name/1033421/1 "2026-09-27T14:46:53Z")
Has anybody been to Chittagong recently? My question is, what do the local residents call their own city?
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### Author:  [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)
#### Post date: [September 27, 2026, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chittagong-name/1033421/2 "2026-09-27T14:55:02Z")
There’s actually a wiki page for that.
> **[Names of Chittagong](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_of_Chittagong)**
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> The city known in English as Chittagong has undergone changes in both its official and popular names worldwide. The choice of names stems from the Chittagonian culture, language and colonisation. A reason for the city having a number of names is due to the diverse history of Chittagong. The Bengali word for Chittagong, Chottogram (চট্টগ্রাম), has the suffix "-gram" (গ্রাম) meaning village in Standard Bengali, and the word "chotto" could be from "chati" meaning lamp. Thus, many people continue t...
> ## Bengali and Chittagonian names
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> …many people continue to call the city, _চাটিগ্রাম (Chatigram)_ or in the Chittagonian language, _চাটিগাঁও (Chatigaon)_, _গাঁও (Gaon)_ meaning village.