HAJYGUNGE, a town of Hindostan, in the province of Bengal, pleasantly situated on the south bank of the Ganges, which is here a mile broad, and in the rainy season runs with great rapidity. It is twenty-nine miles southwest of Dacca. Long. 89. 53. E. Lat. 23. 31. N. The name Hajji is the Arabic for pilgrim, and is prefixed to a number of towns in Mahomedan countries.
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