bengal

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Noun

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Ben=gal

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun bengal has 1 sense

bengal(n = noun.location) - a region whose eastern part is now Bangladesh and whose western part is included in India;

CIDE DICTIONARY

bengal, prop. n.

A province in India, giving its name to various stuffs, animals, etc. [1913 Webster]
A thin stuff, made of silk and hair, originally brought from Bengal. [1913 Webster]
Striped gingham, originally brought from Bengal; Bengal stripes. [1913 Webster]

Bengal light, a firework containing niter, sulphur, and antimony, and producing a sustained and vivid colored light, used in making signals and in pyrotechnics; -- called also blue light. -- Bengal stripes, a kind of cotton cloth woven with colored stripes. See Bengal, 3. -- Bengal tiger. (Zoöl.). See Tiger.