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Bengal

ben·gal

UK/bɛŋˈɡɔːl/ US/bɐŋˈɡaːl/ uncommon

noun

1.

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

Origin

Borrowed from Portuguese Bengala, from Classical Persian بَنْگَالَه (bangāla), from Middle Bengali বাঙ্গালা (baṅgala), said to be from the Vanga Kingdom, of uncertain ultimate origin. Vangalam has been attested in medieval South India. Doublet of Bangla.

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