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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Portuguese Bengala, from Classical Persian بنگاله (bangâla).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (India) IPA(key): /bɛŋ.ˈɡɔːl/
- (UK) IPA(key): /bɛŋˈɡɔːl/, /bɛŋˈɡɑːl/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (US) IPA(key): /bɛŋˈɡɑl/, /ˈbɛŋˌɡəl/
- Rhymes: (UK, India) -ɔːl, (UK, US) -ɑːl, (US) -ɛŋɡəl
Proper noun[edit]
Bengal
- A region in the Indian subcontinent which is today divided between Bangladesh and India (particularly the state of West Bengal).
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
region in South Asia
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Noun[edit]
Bengal (plural Bengals)
- A short-haired domestic cat of a particular breed that originated in the United States.
- Synonym: Bengal cat
- (American football) A player on the team The Cincinnati Bengals.
- Jones became a Bengal in a trade for Smith.
- A Bengal tiger.
See also[edit]
- Bengali
- East Bengal
- West Bengal
- Bay of Bengal
- Bengal babbler
- Bengal tiger
- Bengal fox
- Bangla
- Bengal light
- Bangladesh
Anagrams[edit]
Finnish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From English Bengal, from Portuguese Bengala.
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Bengal
- Bengal (a region of South Asia, today divided between India and Bangladesh)
Declension[edit]
Inflection of Bengal (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation) | ||||
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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 | — | ||
abessive | Bengalitta | — | ||
instructive | — | — | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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- Rhymes:English/ɔːl
- Rhymes:English/ɔːl/2 syllables
- Rhymes:English/ɑːl
- Rhymes:English/ɑːl/2 syllables
- Rhymes:English/ɛŋɡəl
- Rhymes:English/ɛŋɡəl/2 syllables
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