2 definitions found From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: Bengal noun: a region whose eastern part is now Bangladesh and whose western part is included in India From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]: Bengal \Ben*gal"\, prop. 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}.

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