Bengal
Americannoun
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a former province in northeastern India, now divided between India and Bangladesh.
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Bay of Bengal, a part of the Indian Ocean between India and Myanmar (Burma).
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a raw silk from Bengal.
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a fabric, especially one made of silk and hair.
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a fabric, similar to muslin, with printed stripes.
noun
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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)
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a wide arm of the Indian Ocean, between India and Myanmar
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a breed of medium-large cat with a spotted or marbled coat
Example Sentences
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But then Joe Burrow came back for the Bengals, and the Dolphins started winning, and it got interesting for a while.
From Los Angeles Times
West Bengal, like others along the frontier, has long seen waves of migration as people sought work or fled religious persecution.
From BBC
Before they shut out the Bengals, the Ravens had lost two in a row.
From Los Angeles Times
Kolkata is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal and has a large football fanbase in an otherwise cricket-crazed country.
From BBC
As shaky as the Bengals defense has been, the Ravens aren’t generating enough to match that scoring output.
From Los Angeles Times
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