Meanings
- A geographic region in the northeast of South Asia today divided between Bangladesh and India (particularly the state of West Bengal).
plural Bengals
- A short-haired domestic cat of a particular breed that originated in the United States.
Synonyms: Bengal cat
- American footballA player on the team The Cincinnati Bengals.
Jones became a Bengal in a trade for Smith.
- A Bengal tiger.
comparative more Bengal · superlative most Bengal
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA short-haired domestic cat of a particular breed that originated in the United States.
adjectiveOf or pertaining to the Bengal region.
Origin
- inc-mbnবাঙ্গালা
- Classical Persianبَنْگَالَه
- PortugueseBengala
- EnglishBengal
Borrowed from Portuguese Bengala, from Classical Persian بَنْگَالَه (bangāla), from Middle Bengali বাঙ্গালা (baṅgala), said to be from the Vanga Kingdom, of uncertain ultimate origin. Vangalam has been attested in medieval South India. Doublet of Bangla.
More words from Portuguese, Classical Persian, inc-mbn
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans Bengale
- Bengaleregion in South Asia
Arabic اَلْبَنْغَال
- اَلْبَنْغَال (al-banḡāl)region in South Asia
Basque Bengala
- Bengalaregion in South Asia
Bengali বাংলা, বঙ্গ
- বাংলা (bangla)region in South Asia
- বঙ্গ (boṅgo)region in South Asia
- বঙ্গদেশ (boṅgodeś)region in South Asia
Bulgarian Бенгалия
- Бенгалия (Bengalija)region in South Asia
Catalan Bengala
- Bengalaregion in South Asia
Chinese Cantonese 孟加拉
- 孟加拉 (maang⁶ gaa¹ laai¹)region in South Asia
Chinese Mandarin 孟加拉
- 孟加拉 (Mèngjiālā)region in South Asia
Czech Bengálsko
- Bengálskoregion in South Asia
Danish Bengalen
- Bengalenregion in South Asia
Dutch Bengalen
- Bengalenregion in South Asia
Esperanto Bengalio
- Bengalioregion in South Asia
Estonian Bengal
- Bengalregion in South Asia
Finnish Bengal
- Bengalregion in South Asia
French Bengale, bengal
- Bengaleregion in South Asia
- bengalcat
German Bengalen
- Bengalenregion in South Asia
Greek Βεγγάλη
- Βεγγάλη (Vengáli)region in South Asia
Hebrew בנגל
- בנגלregion in South Asia
Hindi बंगाल, वंग
- बंगाल (baṅgāl)region in South Asia
- वंग (vaṅg)region in South Asia
- बंग (baṅg)region in South Asia
- वङ्ग (vaṅg)region in South Asia
Hungarian Bengália
- Bengáliaregion in South Asia
Icelandic Bengal
- Bengalregion in South Asia
Indonesian Benggala
- Benggalaregion in South Asia
Irish Beangál
- Beangálregion in South Asia
Italian Bengala
- Bengalaregion in South Asia
Japanese ベンガル
- ベンガル (Bengaru)region in South Asia
Korean 벵골
- 벵골 (Benggol)region in South Asia
Latvian Bengālija
- Bengālijaregion in South Asia
Lithuanian Bengalija
- Bengalijaregion in South Asia
Malay Benggala
- Benggalaregion in South Asia
Polish Bengal
- Bengalregion in South Asia
Portuguese Bengala
- Bengalaregion in South Asia
Punjabi ਬੰਗਾਲ
- ਬੰਗਾਲ (baṅgāl)region in South Asia
Romanian Bengal
- Bengalregion in South Asia
Russian Бенга́лия
- Бенга́лия (Bengálija)region in South Asia
Spanish Bengala
- Bengalaregion in South Asia
Swahili Bungala
- Bungalaregion in South Asia
Swedish Bengalen
- Bengalenregion in South Asia
Tamil வங்காளம்
- வங்காளம் (vaṅkāḷam)region in South Asia
Thai เบงกอล
- เบงกอล (beng-gɔɔl)region in South Asia
Turkish Bengal, Bengale
- Bengalregion in South Asia
- Bengaleregion in South Asia
Ukrainian Бенга́лія
- Бенга́лія (Benhálija)region in South Asia
Urdu بنگال
- بنگال (baṅgāl)region in South Asia
Rhymes & wordplay
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Cite this entry
Bengal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bengal
“Bengal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bengal. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Bengal,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bengal.
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