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Bengale
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French
Alternative forms
fr Bengala archaic
Etymology
fr frm Bengale, from earlier frm Bengala, from fr pt Bengala, from fr fa-cls بَنْگَالَه.
Pronunciation
Bingale Europe
Proper noun
m
fr Bengal Q80338
Derived terms
fr bengalais bengalaise Bengalais Bengalaise bengali Bengali tigre du Bengale
Middle French
Etymology
From earlier frm Bengala, from frm pt Bengala, from frm fa-cls بَنْگَالَه.
Proper noun
frm Bengala
frm 1575 La cosmographie universelle https://books.google.com/books?id=hU9hAAAAcAAJ&pg=RA1-PA1685 column 1686 […] on voit a Bengale grand nombre de Perſans, […]
Descendants
fr Bengale