Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A state of eastern India west of Bangladesh. Having a mostly Hindu population, West Bengal was created by the partitioning of Bengal along religious lines when India and Pakistan gained independence in 1947. Kolkata is the capital.
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- proper noun State in eastern
India which hasKolkata (formerlyCalcutta ) as its capital.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a state in eastern India
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Examples
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President Patil congratulates Pankaj Advani on winning world billiards title West Bengal government, governor contradict each other over Singur talks
India eNews 2008
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So now I've come to West Bengal, which is in the middle of frigging nowhere, like Nebraska, or somewhere my (sometime) friend Paris Hilton went in that reality TV show she did with Nicole Richie.
The Guardian World News Sam Wollaston 2010
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So now I've come to West Bengal, which is in the middle of frigging nowhere, like Nebraska, or somewhere my (sometime) friend Paris Hilton went in that reality TV show she did with Nicole Richie.
The Guardian World News Sam Wollaston 2010
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So now I've come to West Bengal, which is in the middle of frigging nowhere, like Nebraska, or somewhere my (sometime) friend Paris Hilton went in that reality TV show she did with Nicole Richie.
Film | guardian.co.uk Sam Wollaston 2010
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(Amen ..) mcgeneral Jyoti Basu - his last days in hospital sush @surekhapillai @vikramchandra Yes, indeed, India as one large West Bengal, that is Jyoti Basu's apt epitaph. spanchangam RT @ShashiTharoor: Jyoti Basu, 1914-2010.
Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2010
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So now I've come to West Bengal, which is in the middle of frigging nowhere, like Nebraska, or somewhere my (sometime) friend Paris Hilton went in that reality TV show she did with Nicole Richie.
Film | guardian.co.uk Sam Wollaston 2010
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(Amen ..) mcgeneral Jyoti Basu - his last days in hospital sush @surekhapillai @vikramchandra Yes, indeed, India as one large West Bengal, that is Jyoti Basu's apt epitaph. spanchangam RT @ShashiTharoor: Jyoti Basu, 1914-2010.
Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2010
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This could be said to be the official position of the Government of India and the Government of West Bengal, which is determined to set up a nuclear power plants at Haripur and at other places.
Kafila 2009
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The project is being developed in Durgapur, the industrial hub of West Bengal, which is about 160 km away from Kolkata.
VCCircle News 2009
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And they choose to do so at this moment, when an act of genuine political courage and commitment, a refusal of the politics of the Party in West Bengal, which is violent and corrupt and sick from bottom to top, would have meant so much.
Kafila 2009
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