Definition of Bay of bengal

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

Terms within: Andaman Sea
Generic synonyms: Bay, Embayment
Group relationships: Indian Ocean

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Bay Of Bengal

bayous
bays
bayt
bayted
bayting
bayts
Bayt Lahm
baywood
baywoods
bay grass
bay laurel
bay leaf
bay leaf
bay lynx
bay myrtle
Bay of Bengal
Bay of Biscay
Bay of Campeche
Bay of Fundy
Bay of Naples
Bay of Ob
bay region
bay rum
bay scallop
bay sore
Bay State
Bay Stater
bay tree
bay tree
bay willow

Literary usage of Bay of bengal

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Francis Galton, William Spottiswoode, Clements Robert Markham, Henry Walter Bates, John Scott Keltie (1888)
"Bay of Bengal : Coromandel coast, sheet 3 : From lat. 13°0' to lat. ... Bay of Bengal:—White point to Mergin. 1480. China, north-east coast :—Yang-tse- ..."

2. The Imperial Gazetteer of India by William Wilson Hunter (1887)
"... from which town it takes a tortuous westerly direction through Chittagong District, and finally empties itself into the Bay of Bengal, in lat. ..."

3. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society by Royal Meteorological Society (Great Britain) (1902)
"Cyclonic Storms in the Bay of Bengal.—Mr. J. Eliot has recently published a second edition of his Handbook of Cyclonic Storms in the Bay of Bengal, ..."

4. Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society of London by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain) (1862)
"Extracts from a Paper on the Surface Currents of the Bay of Bengal during the SW Monsoon. By Lieut JA HEATH COTE, IN (See p. 101). Ceylon. ..."

5. International Catalogue of Scientific Literature by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1905)
"... FES, Bay of Bengal, 1803 fms ; II. tener, FES, Bay of Bengal, 1370-1540 fms: described. Schulze, FE An account of the Indian ..."

6. Geographical and Industrial Studies; Asia by Nellie Burnham Allen (1916)
"CHAPTER XVI BEYOND THE bay of bengal Besides India and Ceylon there are other British possessions in Asia which we have not yet seen, and we will cross the ..."

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