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A player on the team The Cincinnati Bengals

Jones became a Bengal in a trade for Smith.

A short-haired domestic cat breed, which originated in the United States
A region in the northeast of South Asia
A cat of this breed
{n} a slight Indian cotton-stuff
{i} region in India
An arm of the Indian Ocean bordered by Sri Lanka and India on the west, Bangladesh on the north, and Myanmar (Burma) and Thailand on the east. an area of southern Asia that includes Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Bengal. Former province, northeastern British India. Generally corresponding to the area inhabited by speakers of the Bengali language, it is now divided between the Indian state of West Bengal and Bangladesh. Bengal formed part of most of the early empires that controlled northern India. From the 8th to the 12th century it was under a Buddhist dynasty, and from 1576 it belonged to the Mughal Empire. In the 18th century it was dominated by the nawabs of Bengal; they came into conflict with the British, who had established themselves at Calcutta (now Kolkata) in 1690. By 1764 the British had taken possession, and from then on Bengal was the base for British expansion in India. With the end of British rule in 1947, the area was divided. West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand, and Orissa became part of India. East Bengal went to Pakistan; in 1971 it became Bangladesh. Bengal Bay of Bengal Partition of West Bengal
{i} raw silk made in Bengal (India); type of fabric woven of silk and hair; type of striped fabric
A thin stuff, made of silk and hair, originally brought from Bengal
A province in India, giving its name to various stuffs, animals, etc
a region whose eastern part is now Bangladesh and whose western part is included in India
Striped gingham, originally brought from Bengal; Bengal stripes
Bengal fox
Vulpes bengalensis, a fox endemic to the Indian subcontinent
Bengal foxes
plural form of Bengal fox
Bengal light
A type of firework used in signalling, which produces a steady blue light

at last, as if given up on our common sense, they took their leave with a salute of Bengal lights from which irony may not have been entirely absent.

Bengal lights
plural form of Bengal light
Bengal tiger
A tiger of the subspecies Panthera tigris tigris found in various parts of the Indian subcontinent
Bengal tigers
plural form of Bengal tiger
Bengal light
kind of firework which produces a bright blue colored light
Bengal tiger
A tiger (Panthera tigris subsp. tigris) of India, Bhutan, Bangladesh, and Myanmar
bengal gram
Bengal gram is used whole in lentil curries The flour(besan) is used to prepare bhajias and may be used to flavour and thicken curries
bengal gram
Chana Dal
bengal gram
Chana
bengal light
a steady bright blue light; formerly used as a signal but now a firework
bengal tiger
southern short-haired tiger
Bay of Bengal
A sea that forms the northeastern part of the Indian Ocean
West Bengal
State in eastern India which has Kolkata (formerly Calcutta) as its capital
Bay of Bengal
{i} arm of the Indian ocean
Bay of Bengal
Part of the Indian Ocean. Occupying about 839,000 sq mi (2,172,000 sq km), it is bordered by Sri Lanka, India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, and the northern Malay Peninsula. It is about 1,000 mi (1,600 km) wide, with an average depth of more than 8,500 ft (2,600 m). Many large rivers, including the Godavari, Krishna, Kaveri, Ganges, and Brahmaputra, flow into it. The Andaman and Nicobar Islands, the bay's only islands, separate it from the Andaman Sea. It has long been crossed by Indian and Malaysian traders; Chinese maritime trading dates from the 12th century. Vasco da Gama led the first European voyage into the bay in 1498
Partition of Bengal
(1905) Division of Bengal carried out by Lord Curzon, the British viceroy in India. The British province of Bengal, which also included Bihar and Orissa, had by the beginning of the 20th century grown too large to handle under a single administration. Curzon chose to unite eastern Bengal with Assam, leaving western Bengal with Bihar and Orissa. The partition went through despite widespread protests, unrest, and boycotts, but in 1911 eastern and western Bengal were reunited. Assam resumed its old status, and Bihar and Orissa were separated to form a new province
West Bengal
State (pop., 2001 prelim.: 80,221,171), northeastern India. It is bordered by Nepal and Bangladesh and the states of Orissa, Jharkhand, Bihar, Sikkim, Assam, and Meghalaya and has an area of 34,267 sq mi (88,752 sq km); the capital is Kolkata (Calcutta). It encompasses two broad natural regions, the Gangetic Plain in the south and the Himalayas in the north. From the 3rd century BC it formed part of Ashoka's empire. In the 4th century AD it was absorbed into the Gupta empire. From the 13th century it was under Muslim rule, until it came under the British in 1757. At Indian independence in 1947, it was partitioned, with the eastern sector becoming East Pakistan (later Bangladesh) and the western sector becoming India's West Bengal. The state is important for its mineral output, but agriculture is its main economic activity. It is noted for its artistic endeavours, including filmmaking
bay of bengal
an arm of the Indian Ocean east of India
west bengal
a state in eastern India
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