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2 definitions • 4 examples
1
a
region
in
South
Asia
, which was
divided
in 1947 into
West
Bengal, which is a
state
of
India
, and
East
Bengal, which is now
Bangladesh
:
Examples:
The
writer
describes
her
childhood
in Bengal.
The
monsoon
season
had
passed
and the
plains
of Bengal were
dry
.
2
a
type
of
cat
with
thick
gold-brown
fur
and
black
spots
,
bred
from the
Asian
leopard
(= a
large
wild
cat
that has
yellow
fur
with
black
spots
) and the
domesticated
(=
pet
)
cat
:
Examples:
Bengals are
loving
cats
that are very
responsive
to people they like.
Bengals
learn
quickly
and can be
taught
to do
tricks
.
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