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.
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.
Meanings
A short-haired domestic cat of a particular breed that originated in the United States.
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.
Meanings
A geographic region in the northeast of South Asia today divided between Bangladesh and India (particularly the state of West Bengal).
bg Бенгалия (region in South Asia) · cs Bengálsko (region in South Asia) · ky Бенгалия (region in South Asia) · sat ᱵᱟᱝᱞᱟ (region in South Asia) · ar اَلْبَنْغَال (region in South Asia) · vo Bängalän (region in South Asia) · ga Beangál (region in South Asia) · fa-cls بَنْگَال (region in South Asia) · bn বঙ্গদেশ (region in South Asia) · he בנגל (region in South Asia) · cmn 孟加拉 (region in South Asia) · fr Bengale (region in South Asia) · nl Bengalen (region in South Asia) · sv Bengalen (region in South Asia) · ko 벵골 (region in South Asia) · hy Բենգալիա (region in South Asia) · chg بنگال (region in South Asia) · frm Bengale (region in South Asia) · eu Bengala (region in South Asia) · tr Bengal (region in South Asia) · bn বাংলা (region in South Asia) · sw Bungala (region in South Asia) · de Bengalen (region in South Asia) · ms Benggala (region in South Asia) · pt Bengala (region in South Asia) · hi वङ्ग (region in South Asia) · pa ਬੰਗਾਲ (region in South Asia) · ja ベンガル (region in South Asia) · es Bengala (region in South Asia) · ug بەنگال (region in South Asia) · hu Bengália (region in South Asia) · chg بنگاله (region in South Asia) · ps بنگال (region in South Asia) · tg Бангола (region in South Asia) · ota بنكاله (region in South Asia) · pl Bengal (region in South Asia) · et Bengal (region in South Asia) · hi बंग (region in South Asia) · th เบงกอล (region in South Asia) · sh Bèngālija /Бѐнга̄лија (region in South Asia) · it Bengala (region in South Asia) · yue 孟加拉 (region in South Asia) · ca Bengala (region in South Asia) · sq Bengali (region in South Asia) · ml ബംഗാൾ (region in South Asia) · be Бенгалія (region in South Asia) · hi वंग (region in South Asia) · ru Бенга́лия (region in South Asia) · ur بنگال (region in South Asia) · ro Bengal (region in South Asia) · is Bengal (region in South Asia) · ne बङ्गाल (region in South Asia) · id Benggala (region in South Asia) · lt Bengalija (region in South Asia) · hi बंगाल (region in South Asia) · da Bengalen (region in South Asia) · gv Yn Vengaal (region in South Asia) · te బెంగాల్ (region in South Asia) · frm Bengala (region in South Asia) · bn বঙ্গ (region in South Asia) · uz Bengaliya (region in South Asia) · mn Бенгал (region in South Asia) · oc Bengala (region in South Asia) · az Benqaliya (region in South Asia) · as বংগ (region in South Asia) · kn ಬಾಂಗ್ಲಾ (region in South Asia) · sa वङ्ग (region in South Asia) · ta வங்காளம் (region in South Asia) · ota بنكال (region in South Asia) · mr बंगाल (region in South Asia) · sh Bèngāl /Бѐнга̄л (region in South Asia) · uk Бенга́лія (region in South Asia) · gl Bengala (region in South Asia) · fi Bengal (region in South Asia) · bo བེང་ག་ལི (region in South Asia) · fa-cls بَنْگَالَه (region in South Asia) · af Bengale (region in South Asia) · pnb بنگال (region in South Asia) · prs بَنْگَال (region in South Asia) · fa-ira بَنْگال (region in South Asia) · mk Бенгал (region in South Asia) · eo Bengalio (region in South Asia) · uz Bangola (region in South Asia) · lv Bengālija (region in South Asia) · tr Bengale (region in South Asia) · el Βεγγάλη (region in South Asia) · uz Bangol (region in South Asia) · bh बंगाल (region in South Asia)