Bengal

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• India: /bɛŋˈɡɔːl/
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• India: /bɐŋˈɡaːl/
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• UK: /bɛŋˈɡɔːl/
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• UK: /bɛŋˈɡɑːl/
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• US: /bɛŋˈɡɑl/
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• US: /ˈbɛŋˌɡəl/
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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.

89 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: Bengale — region in South Asia
• Albanian: Bengali — region in South Asia
• Arabic: اَلْبَنْغَال (al-banḡāl) — region in South Asia
• Armenian: Բենգալիա — region in South Asia
• Assamese: বংগ (boṅgo) — region in South Asia
• Azerbaijani: Benqaliya — region in South Asia
• Basque: Bengala — region in South Asia
• Belarusian: Бенгалія (Bjenhalija) — region in South Asia
• Bengali: বাংলা (bangla) — region in South Asia
• Bengali: বঙ্গ (boṅgo) — region in South Asia
• Bengali: বঙ্গদেশ (boṅgodeś) — region in South Asia
• Bihari: बंगाल — region in South Asia
• Bulgarian: Бенгалия (Bengalija) — region in South Asia
• Catalan: Bengala — region in South Asia
• Chagatai: بنگال (bngāl) — region in South Asia
• Chagatai: بنگاله (bngālh) — region in South Asia
• Chinese Cantonese: 孟加拉 (maang6 gaa1 laai1) — region in South Asia
• Chinese Mandarin: 孟加拉 (Mèngjiālā) — region in South Asia
• Czech: Bengálsko — region in South Asia
• Danish: Bengalen — region in South Asia
• Dutch: Bengalen — region in South Asia
• Esperanto: Bengalio — region in South Asia
• Estonian: Bengal — region in South Asia
• Finnish: Bengal — region in South Asia
• French: Bengale — region in South Asia
• Middle French: Bengala — region in South Asia
• Middle French: Bengale — region in South Asia
• Galician: Bengala — region in South Asia
• German: Bengalen — region in South Asia
• Greek: Βεγγάλη (Vengáli) — region in South Asia
• Hebrew: בנגל — region in South Asia
• Hindi: बंगाल (baṅgāl) — region in South Asia
• Hindi: वंग (vaṅg) — region in South Asia
• Hindi: बंग (baṅg) — region in South Asia
• Hindi: वङ्ग (vaṅg) — region in South Asia
• Hungarian: Bengália — region in South Asia
• Icelandic: Bengal — region in South Asia
• Indonesian: Benggala — region in South Asia
• Irish: Beangál — region in South Asia
• Italian: Bengala — region in South Asia
• Japanese: ベンガル (Bengaru) — region in South Asia
• Kannada: ಬಾಂಗ್ಲಾ (bāṅglā) — region in South Asia
• Korean: 벵골 (Benggol) — region in South Asia
• Kyrgyz: Бенгалия (Bengaliya) — region in South Asia
• Latvian: Bengālija — region in South Asia
• Lithuanian: Bengalija — region in South Asia
• Macedonian: Бенгал — region in South Asia
• Malay: Benggala — region in South Asia
• Malayalam: ബംഗാൾ (baṅgāḷ) — region in South Asia
• Manx: Yn Vengaal — region in South Asia
• Marathi: बंगाल (baṅgāl) — region in South Asia
• Mongolian: Бенгал — region in South Asia
• Nepali: बङ्गाल (baṅgāl) — region in South Asia
• Occitan: Bengala — region in South Asia
• Pashto: بنگال — region in South Asia
• Dari: بَنْگَال (bangāl) — region in South Asia
• Iranian Persian: بَنْگال (bangâl) — region in South Asia
• Persian: بَنْگَال (bangāl) — region in South Asia
• Persian: بَنْگَالَه (bangāla) — region in South Asia
• Polish: Bengal — region in South Asia
• Portuguese: Bengala — region in South Asia
• Punjabi: ਬੰਗਾਲ (baṅgāl) — region in South Asia
• Punjabi: بنگال (bngāl) — region in South Asia
• Romanian: Bengal — region in South Asia
• Russian: Бенга́лия (Bengálija) — region in South Asia
• Sanskrit: वङ्ग (vaṅga) — region in South Asia
• Santali: ᱵᱟᱝᱞᱟ (baṅla) — region in South Asia
• Serbo-Croatian: Bèngāl /Бѐнга̄л — region in South Asia
• Serbo-Croatian: Bèngālija /Бѐнга̄лија — region in South Asia
• Spanish: Bengala — region in South Asia
• Swahili: Bungala — region in South Asia
• Swedish: Bengalen — region in South Asia
• Tajik: Бангола (Bangola) — region in South Asia
• Tamil: வங்காளம் (vaṅkāḷam) — region in South Asia
• Telugu: బెంగాల్ (beṅgāl) — region in South Asia
• Thai: เบงกอล (beng-gɔɔl) — region in South Asia
• Tibetan: བེང་ག་ལི (beng ga li) — region in South Asia
• Turkish: Bengal — region in South Asia
• Turkish: Bengale — region in South Asia
• Ottoman Turkish: بنكال (bengal) — region in South Asia
• Ottoman Turkish: بنكاله (bengale) — region in South Asia
• Ukrainian: Бенга́лія (Benhálija) — region in South Asia
• Urdu: بنگال (baṅgāl) — region in South Asia
• Uyghur: بەنگال (ben'gal) — region in South Asia
• Uzbek: Bangol — region in South Asia
• Uzbek: Bangola — region in South Asia
• Uzbek: Bengaliya — region in South Asia
• Volapük: Bängalän — region in South Asia
• French: bengal — cat