Bengal is a large region in southern Asia. Today it covers the country of Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Bengal, whose big city is Kolkata (Calcutta).

Bengal是 a large region in southern Asia南亞的一大片地區。today今天 it covers the country of Bangladesh它涵蓋了孟加拉這個國家，and the Indian state of West Bengal還有印度的西孟加拉邦，whose big city is Kolkata (Calcutta)那裡最大的城市是加爾各答。

For a long time it was one cultural area, with its own language, Bengali, also called Bangla. The Bay of Bengal is the sea beside it, and the Bengal tiger is named from this place.

for a long time很長一段時間 it was one cultural area它是一個統一的文化區域，with its own language有自己的語言，Bengali叫做孟加拉語，also called Bangla也叫 Bangla。the Bay of Bengal孟加拉灣 is the sea beside it是旁邊的那片海，and the Bengal tiger孟加拉虎 is named from this place就是以這個地方命名的。

Though actually, when many people in Taiwan say 「孟加拉」, they mean the country Bangladesh; Bengal as a region is bigger than that one country, because West Bengal in India belongs to it too.

though actually不過事實上，when many people in Taiwan say 「孟加拉」台灣很多人說「孟加拉」的時候，they mean the country Bangladesh指的是孟加拉這個國家；Bengal as a region is bigger than that one country但 Bengal 這個地區範圍更大，because West Bengal in India belongs to it too因為印度的西孟加拉邦也算在裡面。

The English name was borrowed from Portuguese Bengala, from Persian bangāla, from older Bengali baṅgala, said to come from an old kingdom called Vanga (the very last step is not certain). Bangla is a doublet: a sister name for the same place and language.

the English name這個英文名字 was borrowed from Portuguese Bengala是從葡萄牙文 Bengala 借來的，from Persian bangāla而葡萄牙文又來自波斯文 bangāla，from older Bengali baṅgala再往前是古孟加拉語的 baṅgala，said to come from an old kingdom called Vanga據說源自一個叫 Vanga 的古王國（the very last step is not certain最後這一步並不確定）。Bangla是一個 a doublet雙生詞：a sister name for the same place and language指同一個地方和語言的另一個名字。