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Bengalese

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[ben-guh-leez, -lees, beng-] / ˌbɛn gəˈliz, -ˈlis, ˌbɛŋ- /

adjective

  1. of or relating to Bengal; Bengali.


noun

plural

Bengalese
  1. a native or inhabitant of Bengal; Bengali.

Etymology

Origin of Bengalese

First recorded in 1770–80; Bengal + -ese

Example Sentences

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A new favorite of Jan's dad, who's very particular when it comes to comfort, is our hand-rubbed rhino-skin Royal Bengalese Club Chair.

From Time Magazine Archive

Of the 46 million Bengalese, not 10% voluntarily supported the movement; while an insignificant but dangerous section of the population thought non-coöperation the mildest and most absurd of protests.

From Time Magazine Archive

A Bengalese exception who thrives on milk, marriage, mathematics.

From Time Magazine Archive

Bengalese caste of cultivators.AhriOne of the Himalayan gods.AhrimanThe personification of evil in the Zoroastrian religion.

From Phallic Miscellanies Facts and Phases of Ancient and Modern Sex Worship, as Illustrated Chiefly in the Religions of India by Jennings, Hargrave

All the long-haired cats originated from the Indian Bengalese, Thibetan, and other wild cats of Asia and Russia.

From Concerning Cats My Own and Some Others by Winslow, Helen M.

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