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Bengal
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bengál bengal
English
thumb|Map of the Bengal region
Etymology
en pt Bengala, from en fa-cls بَنْگَالَه, from en inc-mbn বাঙ্গালা, said to be from the Vanga Kingdom, of uncertain ultimate origin. Vangalam has been attested in medieval South India. en Bangla.
Pronunciation
en India /bɛŋˈɡɔːl/ /bɛŋˈɡɑːl/<a:father-bother> ; /bɐŋˈɡɑːl/<q:compare Hindi बंगाल>
en /bɛŋˈɡɔːl/ /bɛŋˈɡɑːl/ UK
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Bengal.wav Southern England
en /bɛŋˈɡɑl/ /ˈbɛŋ.ɡəl/ US
en ɔːl UK, India ɑːl UK, US ɛŋɡəl US 2
Proper noun
en Q80338 en A <<geographic region>> in the northeast of <<r/South Asia>> today divided between <<c:also/Bangladesh,India>> (particularly the state of West Bengal).
Derived terms
en Bay of Bengal Bengal bean Bengal babble Bengal babbler Bengalese Bengal fire Bengal fox Bengalian Bengal light Bengal isinglass Bengalism Bengal match Bengal rose Bengal studies Bengal tiger Bengal Tigers East Bengal Sultanate of Bengal West Bengal Bengalese Bengalian Bengalize
Translations
region in South Asia
Afrikaans: af Bengale
Albanian: sq Bengali
Arabic: ar اَلْبَنْغَال m
Armenian: hy Բենգալիա
Assamese: as বংগ
Azerbaijani: az Benqaliya
Basque: eu Bengala
Belarusian: be Бенгалія
Bengali: bn বাংলা bangla, bn বঙ্গ, bn বঙ্গদেশ
Bihari: bh बंगाल
Bulgarian: bg Бенгалия
Catalan: ca Bengala
Chagatai: chg بنگال, chg بنگاله
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 孟加拉 maang6 gaa1 laai1
Mandarin: cmn 孟加拉 Mèngjiālā
Czech: cs Bengálsko n
Danish: da Bengalen
Dutch: nl Bengalen n
Esperanto: eo Bengalio
Estonian: et Bengal
Finnish: fi Bengal
French: fr Bengale m
Middle French: frm Bengala, frm Bengale
Galician: gl Bengala
German: de Bengalen n
Greek: el Βεγγάλη
Hebrew: he בנגל
Hindi: hi बंगाल, hi वंग m, hi बंग m, hi वङ्ग m
Hungarian: hu Bengália
Icelandic: is Bengal
Indonesian: id Benggala
Irish: ga Beangál m
Italian: it Bengala
Japanese: ja ベンガル Bengaru
Kannada: kn ಬಾಂಗ್ಲಾ
Korean: ko ^벵골
Kyrgyz: ky Бенгалия
Latvian: lv Bengālija f
Lithuanian: lt Bengalija
Macedonian: mk Бенгал
Malay: ms Benggala
Malayalam: ml ബംഗാൾ
Manx: gv Bengaal f Yn Vengaal
Marathi: mr बंगाल m
Mongolian: mn Бенгал
Nepali: ne बङ्गाल
Occitan: oc Bengala
Pashto: ps بنگال
Persian:
Dari: prs بَنْگَال
Iranian Persian: fa-ira بَنْگال
Classical Persian: fa-cls بَنْگَال, fa-cls بَنْگَالَه
Polish: pl Bengal m
Portuguese: pt Bengala f
Punjabi: pa ਬੰਗਾਲ
Western Punjabi: pnb بنگال
Romanian: ro Bengal
Russian: ru Бенга́лия f
Sanskrit: sa वङ्ग m
Santali: sat ᱵᱟᱝᱞᱟ
Serbo-Croatian: sh Bèngāl // Бѐнга̄л m, sh Bèngālija // Бѐнга̄лија f
Spanish: es Bengala
Swahili: sw Bungala
Swedish: sv Bengalen n
Tajik: tg Бангола
Tamil: ta வங்காளம்
Telugu: te బెంగాల్
Thai: th เบงกอล
Tibetan: bo བེང་ག་ལི
Turkish: tr Bengal, tr Bengale
Ottoman Turkish: ota بنكال bengal, ota بنكاله bengale
Ukrainian: uk Бенга́лія
Urdu: ur بنگال baṅgāl
Uyghur: ug بەنگال
Uzbek: uz Bangol, uz Bangola, uz Bengaliya Russianism
Volapük: vo Bängalän
Noun
+ (cat)
Bengal cat
thumb|right|150px|A Bengal cat
A short-haired domestic cat of a particular breed that originated in the United States.
en Bengal cat
en American football A player on the team The Cincinnati Bengals.
en Jones became a Bengal in a trade for Smith.
A Bengal tiger.
Translations
cat
French: fr bengal m
Bengal tiger
Adjective
Of or pertaining to the Bengal region.
en Benghal
en Bengali
Translations
Bengali
See also
en Bengali Bangla Bangladesh
Anagrams
en abegln Bangel bangle
en Domestic cats South Asia
Finnish
Alternative forms
fi Bengali
Etymology
From fi en Bengal, from fi pt Bengala.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
fi a <<region>> of <<r/South Asia>>, today divided between <<c/India,Bangladesh>> Bengal
Declension
Bengal a 1 0
Derived terms
fi compounds Bengalinlahti
Polish
pl:
Etymology
pl; ultimately from pl inc-mbn বাঙ্গালা.
Pronunciation
LL-Q809 (pol)-Olaf-Bengal.wav
Proper noun
bengalski Bengalczyk Bengalka
pl Bengal Q80338
Declension
Further reading
90428
Serbo-Croatian
sh:,sr:
Pronunciation
Bèngāl
sh Ben gal
Proper noun
Bèngāl m-in bèngālskī Bengálac Bèngālka
sh Q80338 sh A <<geographic region>> in the northeast of <<r/South Asia>> today divided between <<c:also/Bangladesh,India>> (particularly the state of West Bengal).
Declension
Bèngāl Bengála Bengalu Bengal Bengale Bengalu Bengalom
Turkish
Etymology
tr :inh ota:بنكال<tr:bengal> 2 1
Proper noun
tr Bengal Q80338
Derived terms
tr Bengalce Bengalli