Bengal

Bengal

See also: bengal

English

Etymology

From Portuguese Bengala, from Classical Persian بنگاله‎ (bangâla).

Pronunciation

• (India) IPA^(key): /bɛŋ.ˈɡɔːl/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /bɛŋˈɡɔːl/, /bɛŋˈɡɑːl/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /bɛŋˈɡɑl/, /ˈbɛŋˌɡəl/
• Rhymes: (UK, India) -ɔːl, (UK, US) -ɑːl, (US) -ɛŋɡəl

Proper noun

Bengal

Map of the Bengal region

1. A region in the Indian subcontinent which is today divided between Bangladesh and India (particularly the state of West Bengal).

Translations

region in South Asia

Arabic: اَلْبَنْغَال‎ m (al-banḡāl) Bengali: বাংলা (bn) (bangla), বঙ্গ (bn) (bôṅgô), বঙ্গদেশ (bôṅgôdeś) Catalan: Bengala Chinese: Cantonese: 孟加拉 (maang6 gaa1 laai1) Mandarin: 孟加拉 (zh) (Mèngjiālā) Czech: Bengálsko (cs) n Danish: Bengalen (da) Dutch: Bengalen (nl) n Esperanto: Bengalio Finnish: Bengal (fi) French: Bengale (fr) m German: Bengalen (de) n Greek: Βεγγάλη (el) (Vengáli) Hebrew: בנגל‎ Hindi: बंगाल (hi) (baṅgāl), वंग (hi) m (vaṅg), बंग (hi) m (baṅg), वङ्ग (hi) m (vaṅg) Hungarian: Bengália Irish: Beangál m Italian: Bengala Japanese: ベンガル (Bengaru) Korean: 벵골 (Benggol) Latvian: Bengālija f Malay: Benggala Manx: Yn Vengaal f Marathi: बंगाल m (baṅgāl) Persian: بنگال‎, بنگاله‎ Polish: Bengal (pl) m Portuguese: Bengala (pt) f Russian: Бенга́лия f (Bengálija) Sanskrit: वङ्ग (sa) m (vaṅga) Spanish: Bengala Swahili: Bungala Swedish: Bengalen n Telugu: బెంగాల్ (te) (beṅgāl) Thai: เบงกอล (beeng-gɔɔn) Ukrainian: Бенга́лія (Benhálija) Urdu: بنگال‎ (baṅgāl) Volapük: Bängalän (vo)

Noun

Bengal (plural Bengals)

1. A short-haired domestic cat of a particular breed that originated in the United States.

   Synonym: Bengal cat

2. (American football) A player on the team The Cincinnati Bengals.

   Jones became a Bengal in a trade for Smith.

3. A Bengal tiger.

See also

• Bengali
• East Bengal
• West Bengal
• Bay of Bengal
• Bengal babbler
• Bengal tiger
• Bengal fox
• Bangla
• Bengal light
• Bangladesh

Anagrams

• Bangel, bangle

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Finnish

Alternative forms

• Bengali

Etymology

From English Bengal, from Portuguese Bengala.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbeŋːɑl/, [ˈbe̞ŋːɑl]
• Rhymes: -eŋːɑl
• Syllabification^(key): Ben‧gal

Proper noun

Bengal

1. Bengal

Declension

Inflection of Bengal (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)
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	—
instructive		—	—
abessive		Bengalitta	—
comitative		—	—

Possessive forms of Bengal (type paperi)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	Bengalini	Bengalimme
2nd person	Bengalisi	Bengalinne
3rd person	Bengalinsa