孟加拉人民共和国

mèng jiā lā rén mín gòng hé guó

People's Republic of Bangladesh (formerly East Pakistan)

孟

mèng

first month of a season

加

jiā

to add

拉

lā

to pull

人

rén

person; people

民

mín

(bound form) the people

共

gòng

common

和

hé

(literary) harmonious (variant of 和[he2])

国

guó

country; nation; state