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Bengali or Bengalee, or Bengalese may refer to: *something of, from, or related to
Bengal Bengal ( ) is a Historical geography, historical geographical, ethnolinguistic and cultural term referring to a region in the Eastern South Asia, eastern part of the Indian subcontinent at the apex of the Bay of Bengal. The region of Benga ...
, a large region in South Asia *
Bengalis Bengalis ( ), also rendered as endonym and exonym, endonym Bangalee, are an Indo-Aryan peoples, Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group originating from and culturally affiliated with the Bengal region of South Asia. The current population is divi ...
, an ethnic and linguistic group of the region *
Bengali language Bengali, also known by its endonym and exonym, endonym Bangla (, , ), is an Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan language belonging to the Indo-Iranian languages, Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European languages, Indo-European language family. ...
, the language they speak **
Bengali alphabet The Bengali script or Bangla alphabet (, romanized: ''Bāṅlā bôrṇômālā'') is the standard writing system used to write the Bengali language, and has historically been used to write Sanskrit within Bengal. An estimated 300 million ...
, the writing system **
Bengali–Assamese script The Bengali–Assamese script, sometimes also known as Eastern Nagri, is an eastern Brahmic script, primarily used today for the Bengali and Assamese language spoken in eastern South Asia. It evolved from Gaudi script, also the commo ...
*** Bengali (Unicode block), a block of Bengali characters in Unicode


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People

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Abdul Wahid Bengali Abdul Wahid Bengali (; c. 1850–1905) was a 19th-century Muslim theologian, teacher and social reformer. He was one of the initiators of the Deobandi movement into Bengal, and co-founded Al-Jamiatul Ahlia Darul Ulum Moinul Islam in 1896. Early ...
, 19th-century theologian *
Athar Ali Bengali Athar Ali (; 1891 – 6 October 1976) was a Bangladeshi Islamic activist, author, teacher and politician. He participated in the Indian independence movement, and was former president of the Nizam-e-Islam Party. Ali was also a ''khalifah'' of As ...
, politician and teacher * Bengali-Fodé Koita, Guinean footballer *
Bengali Keïta Bangaly Keita (born 1 May 1993) is a Guinean Association football, footballer who plays as a defender (association football)#Centre-back, centre back for Equatorial Guinean club Futuro Kings FC. He has been a member of the Guinea national footbal ...
, Guinean centre-back *
Bengali Singh Bengali Singh () is an Indian politician. He was elected to the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India from Hathras, Uttar Pradesh as a member of the Janata Dal Janata Dal () was an List of political parties in India, Indian ...
, Indian politician * Izzatullah Bengali, 18th-century Persian language author *
Mohamed Bengali Razak Mohammed Bengali (born 20 November 1988 in Abidjan Abidjan ( , ; N'Ko script, N'ko: ߊߓߌߖߊ߲߬) is the largest city and the former capital of Ivory Coast. As of the Demographics of Ivory Coast, 2021 census, Abidjan's population wa ...
, Ivorian footballer *
Shah Nuri Bengali Shāh Nūrī Bengālī (, ; died 1785) was an 18th-century Bengali Islamic scholar and author from Dhaka. He is best known for his magnum opus, ''Kibrīt-e-Aḥmar'', which was written in the Persian language. Early life and education Shah Nu ...
, 18th-century Sufi and author


Places

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Bengali Market Bengali Market is among the oldest and most popular markets in New Delhi New Delhi (; ) is the Capital city, capital of India and a part of the Delhi, National Capital Territory of Delhi (NCT). New Delhi is the seat of all three branch ...
, a market in
New Delhi New Delhi (; ) is the Capital city, capital of India and a part of the Delhi, National Capital Territory of Delhi (NCT). New Delhi is the seat of all three branches of the Government of India, hosting the Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Parliament ...
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India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...
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Bengali, Nancowry Bengali is a village on Teressa Island in the Nicobar district of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh- ...
, a village in
Andaman and Nicobar Islands The Andaman and Nicobar Islands is a union territory of India comprising 572 islands, of which only 38 are inhabited. The islands are grouped into two main clusters: the northern Andaman Islands and the southern Nicobar Islands, separated by a ...
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India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...


Miscellaneous

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Bangali River The Bangali River () is one of the main rivers in northern Bangladesh (commonly known as North Bengal). There is the possibility that it might merge with the Jamuna River, which could lead to major changes in the geography of the region. Etymol ...
, river in northern Bangladesh * , a ship launched in 1837 and wrecked in 1951 *
Bengali Bengali or Bengalee, or Bengalese may refer to: *something of, from, or related to Bengal, a large region in South Asia * Bengalis, an ethnic and linguistic group of the region * Bengali language, the language they speak ** Bengali alphabet, the w ...
, a fictional cat-like humanoid alien character from ''
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Bengal (disambiguation) Bengal is a region in South Asia. Bengal or Bengals may also refer to: Places South Asia * Bengal Presidency, a large administrative division of the British Raj, precursor to the next three: **Bangladesh, a country in modern South Asia ** Eas ...
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Bangla (disambiguation) Bangla () may refer to: *Bengali language, an eastern Indo-Aryan language *The endonym of Bengal, a geographical and ethno-linguistic region in South Asia *''Bangla-'', a prefix indicating Bangladesh *West Bengal, a state in eastern India, also kn ...
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