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Bengal - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Bengal : (noun)
1: a region whose eastern part is now Bangladesh and whose
western part is included in India [syn: Bengal]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Bengal : \Ben*gal"\, n.
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. (Zo["o]l.). See Tiger.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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