Bengal Syllabification: (Ben·gal)Pronunciation: /benˈgôl, beNG-, -ˈgäl/Translate Bengal | into Italian Definition of Bengal a region of South Asia that contains the Ganges and Brahmaputra river deltas. In 1947, the province was divided into West Bengal, which has remained a state of India, and East Bengal, which is now Bangladesh. Bengal in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of Bengal in the British & World English dictionary