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Bengali Americans

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Bengali Americans (Bengali: মার্কিন বাঙ্গালী) are Americans of Bengali ethnic, cultural and linguistic heritage and identity. They trace their ancestry to the historic ethno-linguistic region of Bengal in South Asia (now divided between India and Bangladesh).

Bengali Americans may refer to-

  • Bangladeshi Americans, Americans of Bangladeshi descent
  • Bengali Indian Americans, Americans of Indian descent whose ancestral origins are in West Bengal, the Barak Valley and Tripura

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    Bengali Americans Wikipedia
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