Bengal
/bɛŋˈɡɔːl/
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India/bɛŋˈɡɔːl/
Bengal proper noun: a geographic region in the northeast of South Asia today divided between Bangladesh and India (particularly the state of West Bengal).
Proper noun
Bengal
- A geographic region in the northeast of South Asia today divided between Bangladesh and India (particularly the state of West Bengal).
Noun
Bengal (plural Bengals)
- A short-haired domestic cat of a particular breed that originated in the United States.
- Synonyms:
- Bengal cat
- A player on the team The Cincinnati Bengals.
- Jones became a Bengal in a trade for Smith.
- A Bengal tiger.
Adjective
Bengal (comparative more Bengal, superlative most Bengal)
Bengal meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
Bengal in Hindi
- region in South Asia
- बंगाल baṅgāl, वंग vaṅg, बंग baṅg, वङ्ग vaṅg
Bengal in Tamil
- region in South Asia
- வங்காளம் vaṅkāḷam
Bengal in Marathi
- region in South Asia
- बंगाल baṅgāl
Bengal in Urdu
- region in South Asia
- بنگال baṅgāl
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- Bengal in Bengali
- বাংলা bangla, বঙ্গ boṅgo, বঙ্গদেশ boṅgodeś
- Bengal in Telugu
- బెంగాల్ beṅgāl
- Bengal in Malayalam
- ബംഗാൾ baṅgāḷ
- Bengal in Kannada
- ಬಾಂಗ್ಲಾ bāṅglā
- Bengal in Punjabi
- ਬੰਗਾਲ baṅgāl
- Bengal in Sanskrit
- वङ्ग vaṅga
- Bengal in Assamese
- বংগ boṅgo
- Bengal in Nepali
- बङ्गाल baṅgāl
- Bengal in Pashto
- بنگال
- Bengal in Arabic
- اَلْبَنْغَال al-banḡāl
- Bengal in Malay
- Benggala
- Bengal in Indonesian
- Benggala
- Bengal in Thai
- เบงกอล beng-gɔɔl
Synonyms of Bengal
Forms of Bengal
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | Bengals |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more Bengal |
| superlative | most Bengal |
Origin of Bengal
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.
Words formed from Bengal
Phrases with Bengal
- Bengal cat
- Bengal cats
- Bengal gram
- rose bengal
- Bengal beans
- Bengal fires
- Bengal foxes
- Bengal grams
- Bengal roses
- Bengal almond
- Bengal lights
- Bengal quince
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Questions about Bengal
- What does Bengal mean?
- Bengal means a geographic region in the northeast of South Asia today divided between Bangladesh and India (particularly the state of West Bengal).
- What is Bengal in Hindi?
- Bengal in Hindi is बंगाल (baṅgāl), वंग (vaṅg), बंग (baṅg). See Bengal meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Bengal?
- Bengal can be a proper noun, a noun or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce Bengal?
- Bengal is pronounced /bɛŋˈɡɔːl/ (India).
Words near Bengal in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Bengal (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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