Bengal
a former province in northeastern India, now divided between India and Bangladesh.: Compare East Bengal, West Bengal.
Bay of Bengal, a part of the Indian Ocean between India and Myanmar (Burma).
a raw silk from Bengal.
a fabric, especially one made of silk and hair.
a fabric, similar to muslin, with printed stripes.
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How to use Bengal in a sentence
In next-door Bengal, which borders Bangladesh and is home to nearly 25 million Muslims, the BJP has been promising an Assam-like citizenship verification drive if it comes to power in the state.
Outnumbered five to one in Britain, Scots made up 60 percent of the merchants in Bengal, Calcutta and Madras.
Scotland’s ‘Yes’ Campaign and the Myth of Scottish Equality | Noah Caldwell | September 18, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTA highlight was the lone feline gender-bender: a brown male Bengal wearing a flared party skirt.
Kitty CATure Fashion Show, An Amazing Dog and Cat Fashion Show, Happened In New York This Weekend | Lori-Lee Emshey | September 30, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTPity the poor Zanesvillians who had to batten down the hatches to avoid being eaten by the 18 free-roaming Bengal tigers.
On May 20, when she is sworn in, she will have stormed a male bastion to become Bengal's first woman chief minister.
Then, as Bengal slid into internecine chaos, Banerjee raised an inspired call: "Poriborton!"
So we composed ourselves again to hear of the battle to the death between the noble missionary woman and the mighty Bengal.
The Soldier of the Valley | Nelson LloydWe now took the shortest line across the Bay of Bengal, and beheld land no more until we came in sight of Ceylon.
A Woman's Journey Round the World | Ida PfeifferThe artisans of Bengal can weave, the Chinese boatmen can row, with its aid, and it adds much to facility in climbing.
Man And His Ancestor | Charles MorrisThey are found in Malabar, Siam, Bengal, and in all the countries inhabited by the elephant and rhinoceros.
Buffon's Natural History. Volume VII (of 10) | Georges Louis Leclerc de BuffonBesides, the malbrouck and the bonnet chinois, are not the only species or breeds of monkeys which are found in Bengal.
Buffon's Natural History. Volume IX (of 10) | Georges Louis Leclerc de Buffon
British Dictionary definitions for Bengal
/ (bɛnˈɡɔːl, bɛŋ-) /
a former province of NE India, in the great deltas of the Ganges and Brahmaputra Rivers: in 1947 divided into West Bengal (belonging to India) and East Bengal (Bangladesh)
Bay of Bengal a wide arm of the Indian Ocean, between India and Myanmar
a breed of medium-large cat with a spotted or marbled coat
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