Definitions for: Bengal


[n] a region whose eastern part is Bangladesh and western part is included in India



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

See Also: geographic area, geographic region, geographical area, geographical region

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