Bengal
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Map of the Bengal region
See also: bengal
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Portuguese Bengala, from Classical Persian بَنْگَالَه (bangāla), from Middle Bengali বাঙ্গালা (baṅgala), said to be from the Vanga Kingdom, of uncertain ultimate origin. Vangalam has been attested in medieval South India. Doublet of Bangla.
Pronunciation
- (India) IPA(key): /bɛŋˈɡɔːl/, /bɐŋˈɡaːl/
- (UK) IPA(key): /bɛŋˈɡɔːl/, /bɛŋˈɡɑːl/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (US) IPA(key): /bɛŋˈɡɑl/, /ˈbɛŋˌɡəl/
- Rhymes: (UK, India) -ɔːl, (UK, US) -ɑːl, (US) -ɛŋɡəl
Proper noun
Bengal
- A region in the northeast of South Asia, today divided between Bangladesh and India (particularly the state of West Bengal).
Derived terms
Translations
region in South Asia
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Noun
Bengal (plural Bengals)
- A short-haired domestic cat of a particular breed that originated in the United States.
- Synonym: Bengal cat
- (American football) A player on the team The Cincinnati Bengals.
- Jones became a Bengal in a trade for Smith.
- A Bengal tiger.
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Anagrams
Finnish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From English Bengal, from Portuguese Bengala.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Bengal
- Bengal (a region of South Asia, today divided between India and Bangladesh)
Declension
| Inflection of Bengal (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation) | |||
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| nominative | Bengal | — | |
| genitive | Bengalin | — | |
| partitive | Bengalia | — | |
| illative | Bengaliin | — | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Bengal | — | |
| accusative | nom. | Bengal | — |
| gen. | Bengalin | ||
| genitive | Bengalin | — | |
| partitive | Bengalia | — | |
| inessive | Bengalissa | — | |
| elative | Bengalista | — | |
| illative | Bengaliin | — | |
| adessive | Bengalilla | — | |
| ablative | Bengalilta | — | |
| allative | Bengalille | — | |
| essive | Bengalina | — | |
| translative | Bengaliksi | — | |
| abessive | Bengalitta | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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Derived terms
compounds