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Bay of Bengal   /beɪ əv bˈɛŋgəl/   Listen
Bay of Bengal

noun
1.
An arm of the Indian Ocean to the east of India.






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"Bay of Bengal" Quotes from Famous Books



... India, including the former kingdom of independent Burma, as well as British Burma, acquired by the British Indian government in the two wars of 1826 and 1852. It is divided into Upper and Lower Burma, the former being the territory annexed on 1st January 1886. The province lies to the east of the Bay of Bengal, and covers a range of country extending from the Pakchan river in 9 deg. 55' north latitude to the Naga and Chingpaw, or Kachin hills, lying roughly between the 27th and 28th degrees of north latitude; and from the Bay of Bengal on the west to ...
— Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 - "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" • Various

... the monsoon blows up from the Indian Ocean and from the Bay of Bengal, when a rainfall averaging about twenty inches takes place and lasts during the ensuing quarter. This usually ceases about the end of September, when the weather is at its most sickly point. Constant exhalations ...
— The Fall of the Moghul Empire of Hindustan • H. G. Keene



Words linked to "Bay of Bengal" :   Indian Ocean, bay, Andaman Sea, embayment



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