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Bengali   /bɛŋgˈɑli/   Listen
Bengali

noun
1.
(Hinduism) a member of a people living in Bangladesh and West Bengal (mainly Hindus).
2.
An ethnic group speaking Bengali and living in Bangladesh and eastern India.
3.
A Magadhan language spoken by the Bengali people; the official language of Bangladesh and Bengal.  Synonym: Bangla.





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"Bengali" Quotes from Famous Books



... Some of the more expensive London women are bearable, but they are such harlots! The white women in the East are insupportable, and small wonder, for they consist of the dregs of the European and American markets. My list comprises English, French, German, Italian, Spanish-American, American, Bengali, Punjabi, Kashmiri, Kaffir, Singhalese, Tamil, Burmese, Malay, Japanese, Chinese, ...
— Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 3 (of 6) • Havelock Ellis


Words linked to "Bengali" :   Hindooism, Hinduism, Magadhan, Bengal, Bangladesh, Asiatic, Asian, East Pakistan, People's Republic of Bangladesh, Bangla Desh, ethnos, ethnic group


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