Bengal
pronunciation
How to pronounce Bengal in British English:
UK [bɛŋ'gɔl]
How to pronounce Bengal in American English:
US [bɛnˈɡɔl, bɛŋ-, ˈbɛnɡəl, ˈbɛŋ-]
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- Noun:
- a region whose eastern part is now Bangladesh and whose western part is included in India
Word Origin
- Bengal
- region in South Asia, named for its people, said to be from Banga, name of a founding chief. It is attested in Europe as far back as Marco Polo (1298), who wrote of Bangala.
Example
- 1. Bangladesh is setting up a special force to save the critically endangered royal bengal tiger and other animals .
- 2. The colony 's first commercial export cargo was a shipment of 50 tonnes of coal to bengal in 1799 .
- 3. The story involves the 227 days that its teenage hero spends drifting across the pacific in a lifeboat with a bengal tiger .
- 4. Elections took place in the indian state of west bengal .
- 5. A year ago police launched a big campaign in lalgarh , west bengal , to recapture the area from maoist rebels .