BENGAL

Bengal

(noun) a region whose eastern part is now Bangladesh and whose western part is included in India

Source: WordNet® 3.1


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. (Zoöl.). See Tiger.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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