Bengal

[ ben-gawl, -gahl, beng-; ben-guhl, beng- ]

noun

1. a former province in northeastern India, now divided between India and Bangladesh. Compare East Bengal, West Bengal.
2. Bay of Bengal, a part of the Indian Ocean between India and Myanmar (Burma).
3. a raw silk from Bengal.
4. a fabric, especially one made of silk and hair.
5. a fabric, similar to muslin, with printed stripes.

Bengal

/ bɛŋ-; bɛnˈɡɔːl /

noun

1. 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)
2. Bay of Bengal
   Bay of Bengal a wide arm of the Indian Ocean, between India and Myanmar
3. a breed of medium-large cat with a spotted or marbled coat

Example Sentences

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.

From Time

Outnumbered five to one in Britain, Scots made up 60 percent of the merchants in Bengal, Calcutta and Madras.

From The Daily Beast

A highlight was the lone feline gender-bender: a brown male Bengal wearing a flared party skirt.

From The Daily Beast

Pity the poor Zanesvillians who had to batten down the hatches to avoid being eaten by the 18 free-roaming Bengal tigers.

From The Daily Beast

On May 20, when she is sworn in, she will have stormed a male bastion to become Bengal's first woman chief minister.

From The Daily Beast

Then, as Bengal slid into internecine chaos, Banerjee raised an inspired call: "Poriborton!"

From The Daily Beast

So we composed ourselves again to hear of the battle to the death between the noble missionary woman and the mighty Bengal.

From Project Gutenberg

We now took the shortest line across the Bay of Bengal, and beheld land no more until we came in sight of Ceylon.

From Project Gutenberg

The artisans of Bengal can weave, the Chinese boatmen can row, with its aid, and it adds much to facility in climbing.

From Project Gutenberg

They are found in Malabar, Siam, Bengal, and in all the countries inhabited by the elephant and rhinoceros.

From Project Gutenberg

Besides, the malbrouck and the bonnet chinois, are not the only species or breeds of monkeys which are found in Bengal.

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