"Bengala" meaning in Latin

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Proper name

IPA: [beŋˈɡaː.la] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Borrowed from Portuguese Bengala, from Classical Persian بَنْگَالَه (bangāla). Etymology templates: {{bor+|la|pt|Bengala}} Borrowed from Portuguese Bengala, {{der|la|fa-cls|بَنْگَالَه}} Classical Persian بَنْگَالَه (bangāla) Head templates: {{la-proper noun|Bengāla<1>}} Bengāla f sg (genitive Bengālae); first declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|Bengāla<1.loc>}} Forms: Bengāla [canonical, feminine, singular], Bengālae [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], Bengāla [nominative, singular], Bengālae [genitive, singular], Bengālae [dative, singular], Bengālam [accusative, singular], Bengālā [ablative, singular], Bengāla [singular, vocative], Bengālae [locative, singular]
  1. (New Latin) Bengal (a geographic region in the northeast of South Asia today divided between Bangladesh and India (particularly the state of West Bengal)) Tags: New-Latin, declension-1 Categories (place): Places in Bangladesh, Places in India Derived forms: Bengālicus
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