The story
Named after the district of Magura, a transliteration of মাগুরা (magura), which is probably from মাগুর (magur, “catfish”), supposedly because catfish were abundant in its marshes in the past.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Magura District
Today it means: One of the ten districts in the Khulna Division of Bangladesh. Full definition →