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Webster 1913 Edition
Bengal
Ben-gal′
,p
rop.
Noun.
1.
A province in India, giving its name to various stuffs, animals, etc.
2.
A thin stuff, made of silk and hair, originally brought from Bengal.
3.
Striped gingham, originally brought from Bengal; Bengal stripes.
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
. (Zool.)
. See
Tiger
.Webster 1828 Edition
Bengal
BENGAL'
,Noun.
Definition 2024
Bengal
Bengal
See also: bengal
English
Proper noun
Bengal
Map of the Bengal region
- 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
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Noun
Bengal (plural Bengals)
- A short-haired domestic cat breed, which originated in the United States.
- A cat of this breed.
- (American football) A player on the team The Cincinnati Bengals.
- Jones became a Bengal in a trade for Smith.
Synonyms
- Bengal cat
See also
- Bengali
- East Bengal
- West Bengal
- Bay of Bengal
- Bengal tiger
- Bengal fox
- Bangla
- Bengal light
- Bangladesh
Anagrams
Finnish
Alternative forms
Proper noun
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 | — | — | |