bengala

Meaning

1. (feminine) cane (material used to make staffs)
2. (feminine) cane, staff
3. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, feminine) clipping of llum de bengala (“Bengal light”)
4. (feminine) flare (pyrotechnic)
5. (feminine) flare (countermeasure)

Concepts

sparkler

🎇

flare

Translations

bengala

مُشَرِّرَة

bengalisches Feuer

Pronounced as (IPA)

[bəŋˈɡa.lə]

Etymology

From Bengala (“Bengal”), the source of this cane. The sense of "flare" comes from the shortening of llum de bengala.