Bengal
[bɛŋ'gɔl]
Definition
(noun.) a region whose eastern part is now Bangladesh and whose western part is included in India.
Edited by Elsie--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A province in India, giving its name to various stuffs, animals, etc.
(n.) A thin stuff, made of silk and hair, originally brought from Bengal.
(n.) Striped gingham, originally brought from Bengal; Bengal stripes.
Editor: Rae
Examples
- When Dr. Roylott was in India he married my mother, Mrs. Stoner, the young widow of Major-General Stoner, of the Bengal Artillery. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- In Bengal, the Ganges, and several other great rivers, form a great number of navigable canals, in the same manner as the Nile does in Egypt. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- At Plassey (1757) and at Buxar (1764) their armies gained striking and conclusive victories over the army of Bengal and the army of Oudh. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- My son, sir, is at this minute chief magistrate of Ramgunge in the Presidency of Bengal, and touching his four thousand rupees per mensem. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- In Bengal, money is frequently lent to the farmers at forty, fifty, and sixty per cent. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The drought in Bengal, a few years ago, might probably have occasioned a very great dearth. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- In Oudh there was a Shiite kingdom, with its capital at Lucknow, and Bengal was also a separate (Moslem) kingdom. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Had the Major possessed a little more personal vanity he would have been jealous of so dangerous a young buck as that fascinating Bengal Captain. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- He had passed ten years in Bengal. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The English company have not yet had time to establish in Bengal so perfectly destructive a system. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Demmy, it's like the commencement of the rainy season in Bengal. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The profits of the trade which the servants of the East India Company carry on in Bengal may not, perhaps, be very far from this rate. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Our cream is very bad in Bengal. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- An early form of blast furnace is shown in Fig. 249, which represents an iron furnace of the Kols, a tribe of iron smelters in Lower Bengal and Orissa. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- It is in the mint, perhaps, rated too high for the value which it bears in the market of Bengal. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
Typist: Nola