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BAY OF BENGAL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An arm of the Indian Ocean to the east of India
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Instance hypernyms:
bay; embayment (an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf)
Meronyms (parts of "Bay of Bengal"):
Andaman Sea (part of the Bay of Bengal to the west of the Malay Peninsula)
Holonyms ("Bay of Bengal" is a part of...):
Indian Ocean (the 3rd largest ocean; bounded by Africa on the west, Asia on the north, Australia on the east and merging with the Antarctic Ocean to the south)
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