Bengal

(ben gôl, beŋ-; beŋgəl, ben-)

  1. region in the NE part of the Indian peninsula, divided between the Indian state of West Bengal & Bangladesh
  2. part of the Indian Ocean, east of India & west of Myanmar & the Malay Peninsula

See Bengal in American Heritage Dictionary 4

A region of eastern India and Bangladesh. It was a province of India until 1947, when the eastern part became East Pakistan, and later (1971) Bangladesh, and the western section was included in independent India.

Related Forms:

  • Benˌga·leseˈ (bĕnˌgə-lēzˈ, -lēsˈ, bĕngˌ-) adjective & n.

, Bay of

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.

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