Talk:Chittagong

Etymology
I was having a cursory look at Barua_(Bangladesh) and noted the mention of a credible etymology Chaityagrama (চৈত্য গ্রাম) there Barua_(Bangladesh) which somehow has been missed in this main article. "Chittagong was formerly known as "Chaityagrama" or "town with Buddhist shrines". This main Chittagong article has an etymology section and even a separate article on it neither mentions it!

Chaitya (চৈট্ট নয় চৈত্য) indeed is a type of buddhist shrine, and end of the same etymology section of Chittagong briefly lists alternative names that include Chaityabhumi (চৈত্য ভূমি) which makes perfect sense. Please also note that there is no Bengali page corresponding of the main Chaitya (চৈত্য) article in our Bengali wikipedia so far. Request others to please make one soon--Dr.saptarshi (talk) 21:01, 24 August 2023 (UTC)

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Banglapedia's language claim?
"This diverse history is reflected in the rural Chittagonian dialect of Bengali, which has a nearly 50% Arabic-origin vocabulary, as well as Persian and Portuguese loanwords.[7]"

I've checked the citation given and it only acknowledges it in a small passing mention. Is it reliable? Because I am very doubtful, especially as I have some family living in Chittagong. It may have been a personal interpretation of the author rather than an actual academic one. In my experience, it is more a dialect of Bengali with the pronunciation and spelling of words changed around. But to say that 50% of the origins is not from Bengali is unbelieveable. Is it possible for someone to get a source? Otherwise this should be deleted.

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The naming authority, Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh changed the official name of the "Chittagong" to "Chattogram" today to make the spelling similar to Bangla pronunciation. Reference: , 

Hence the article's name has changed to the new one. &mdash; T. 11:08, 2 April 2018 (UTC)

Requested move 5 April 2018

 * The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review. No further edits should be made to this section. 

The result of the move request was: reverted to stable title. Please note that this sort of request can be handled through WP:RMTR. If there is a need to discuss a move to Chattogram, please initiate a new request instead of moving the page again without discussion. Dekimasu よ! 02:56, 5 April 2018 (UTC)

Chattogram → Chittagong – The page was recently moved to Chattogram without a RM. In general, pages for renamed cities are not moved until reliable sources routinely use the new name; for example Bangalore and Barrow, Alaska. This change is significantly more substantial than the other four recent changes, and is of a more-prominent location. power~enwiki ( π, ν ) 00:47, 5 April 2018 (UTC)


 * Support The name was literally changed just now, it has to pass into common usage before the name is changed per WP:COMMONNAME.ZXCVBNM (TALK) 01:21, 5 April 2018 (UTC)


 * Support for procedural reasons (to undo an undiscussed controversial move) and on the merits per User:power~enwiki and User:Zxcvbnm. — [[User talk:AjaxSmack| AjaxSmack ]] 01:45, 5 April 2018 (UTC)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page or in a move review. No further edits should be made to this section.

Placename changes and Wikipedia policy
Please see the discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Bangladesh before moving to a new title. --Worldbruce (talk) 05:35, 6 April 2018 (UTC)

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Changing the name to Chattogram
The is now officially Chattogram. So aren't we changing it Wikipedia too. Besides the original name was actually Chattogram. M. Ishmam Abdullah (talk) 04:28, 29 January 2021 (UTC)


 * The spelling "Chattogram" is gradually gaining acceptance. If that continues, Wikipedia will eventually adopt it. Wikipedia is in no rush, however, for the reasons outlined at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Bangladesh. As of December 2018, one major English-language daily newspaper had started using Chattogram, while another stuck with Chittagong. Government websites are using Chattogram more consistently now, but it still appears both ways on pages of the Bangladesh Navy, to give but one example. Uptake has probably been slower outside of Bangladesh, as suggested by the Google Ngram Viewer of books through 2019. Both Banglapedia: The National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh and Encyclopædia Britannica still use Chittagong. Be patient, see what happens. --Worldbruce (talk) 05:09, 29 January 2021 (UTC)

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Bangladesh doctor
Bangladesh doctor that is rich 105.113.10.66 (talk) 15:52, 9 May 2024 (UTC)

Article Title
Chittagong ❌

Chattogram ✓

Chittagong is now Chattogram as Bangladesh revises English spellings ~ @Worldbruce@Therealbey @ইউনুছ মিঞা BadhonCR (talk) 16:06, 24 May 2024 (UTC)


 * The government of Bangladesh may decide how the government of Bangladesh will spell place names. That has influence, but no control, over how the English language spells place names.


 * Wikipedia is not part of the government of Bangladesh. What they consider correct is not necessarily what is correct here. Wikipedia may eventually adopt the new spellings, but only if and when those spellings become the most common ones throughout the English-speaking world.


 * The revised spelling is gradually gaining acceptance. If that continues, Wikipedia will eventually adopt it. Wikipedia is in no rush, however, for the reasons outlined at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Bangladesh/Archive 7. Note that both Banglapedia: The National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh and Encyclopædia Britannica still use Chittagong.. --Worldbruce (talk) 16:51, 24 May 2024 (UTC)
 * I think you have a misunderstanding it was the official name since Bangladesh was. You have to check the official website of the government. It was not a new name or changed recently by government it was always there Just people used Chittagong The name was given by British East India Company but The people's Republic of Bangladesh after its creation restored it to Chattogram Therealbey (talk) 17:20, 24 May 2024 (UTC)


 * No, it has not been the official spelling since 1971. It has been the official spelling since 2018, as shown by the sources BadhonCR cited above. So what? The government of Bangladesh doesn't dictate what is correct here. Please see Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Bangladesh/Archive 7 to understand why Wikipedia uses the spellings it does. If you have evidence that the circumstances on which the original consensus was formed have changed, present it, and seek a new consensus. Continuing to edit war against consensus may result in the loss of editing privileges. --Worldbruce (talk) 17:49, 24 May 2024 (UTC)
 * @Worldbruce Check the spelling on the official website Bangladesh National Portal. -- BadhonCR (talk) 20:20, 24 May 2024 (UTC)
 * https://chittagong.gov.bd/ go here and click on English language . Don't check the domain URL cuz it was the old URL still using it is not updated but website is updated kindly check the English version of the national portal by selecting language. And I am from there Bangladesh I know it was changed in 2018 April (Division and district) Therealbey (talk) 22:02, 24 May 2024 (UTC)

I agree that "Chattogram" is the official name. That has never been in question.

wrote on their talk page: Wikipedia should be updated from the Acts of official government. That is not true; that fundamentally misunderstands what this encyclopedia is and how it works. Numerous examples demonstrate this. The Turkish government decrees that their country name should be spelled Türkiye, but Wikipedia spells it Turkey. See explanatory essay WP:OFFICIAL to understand why.

Policy Article titles states under WP:COMMONNAME:



Wikipedia uses the spelling "Chittagong" because it is the most commonly used one. Since the official spelling was changed six years ago, "Chattogram" has gradually gained ground. Someday it may become the most commonly used spelling. Anyone who believes it is now the most commonly used spelling is welcome to make that argument and seek a new consensus (but please stop harping on "official", that is a straw man argument).

Guideline Naming conventions (geographic names) explains in depth how to choose among names, including an entire section on establishing a widely accepted name. A few quick observations: --Worldbruce (talk) 00:24, 25 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Both Banglapedia: The National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh and Encyclopædia Britannica still use Chittagong..
 * A new edition of the Times Atlas of the World was published in 2023. If you like, I can try to get hold of a copy and see what it says.
 * The National Geographic Society's May 2020 map, "Asia's Vital Rivers", their most recent one I could find on which the city appears, uses Chittagong.


 * The word Chattogram was used by along with Chittagong Just government updated 6 years ago it doesn't mean it is a new name given by government. The name has both commonly used and government side . Still I know that most people use the word Chittagong but if allahabad changed by Indian to Prayagraj in 16 October 2018 why it is accepted by Wikipedia also the word prayagraj doesn't used by I think any people everyone still use the word Allahabad Therealbey (talk) 06:33, 25 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Many transliterations have been used. Google ngram viewer is of limited value for various reasons, but can give one an idea of just how uncommon all but Chittagong were. I wasn't involved in discussions of the move from Allahabad to Prayagraj. For years consensus was against moving, then last year someone made a persuasive case that the English-speaking world at large now uses Prayagraj as the common name, and after a fairly broad discussion, a new consensus emerged. --Worldbruce (talk) 07:26, 25 May 2024 (UTC)
 * no sir the people still use the word Allahabad you can see on social media and in the other states of India it refers as Allahabad Therealbey (talk) 20:02, 25 May 2024 (UTC)
 * See which spelling is more popular on google trends. -- BadhonCR (talk) 21:18, 25 May 2024 (UTC)