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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: Bengal n : a region whose eastern part is Bangladesh and western part is included in India [syn: {Bengal}]
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