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Use for: Bangla

• a historical region in the northeastern part of the Indian subcontinent, generally corresponding to the area inhabited by speakers of the Bengali language and now divided between the Indian state of West Bengal and the People’s Republic of Bangladesh. Bengal formed part of most of the early empires that controlled northern India.
• British, who had established themselves at Calcutta (Kolkata) in western Bengal in 1690 and who took possession of the nawabs’ realm in 1757–64. Bengal was thenceforth the base for British expansion in India.

Use for: Ben Lawers, Scotland, Beinn Labhair

• the highest mountain in the Breadalbane region of the Scottish Highlands. It lies north of Loch Tay and is the highest peak of the 'Ben Lawers group', a ridge that includes six other Munros.
• 56°32′44″N 4°13′15″W

Use for: Peking, China, Peking, Beijing, China

• a municipality constituting a special administrative unit in northeastern China and serving as the national capital.

Use for: Barra, Scotland

• Atlantic island of the Outer Hebrides group, Western Isles council area, historic county of Inverness-shire, Scotland, about 5 miles (8 km) southwest of the neighbouring island of South Uist.

• A historic county, southwestern Scotland. The county is named for Ayr, its historic county town (seat). Apart from a small section in the south that is part of the council area of Dumfries and Galloway, Ayrshire is presently divided into the council areas of South Ayrshire, East Ayrshire, and North Ayrshire.

• the smallest continent and one of the largest countries on Earth, lying between the Pacific and Indian oceans in the Southern Hemisphere. Commonwealth of Australia dominion of the Commonwealth of Nations including the continent of Australia and the island of Tasmania.

Use for: Assam (India)

• A state of India. It is located in the northeastern part of the country and is bounded to the north by the kingdom of Bhutan and the state of Arunachal Pradesh, to the east by the states of Nagaland and Manipur, to the south by the states of Mizoram and Tripura, and to the west by Bangladesh and the states of Meghalaya and West Bengal.

Use for: Middle East, Western Asia, Western Asia

• Here are entered works on the region consisting of Asia west of Pakistan, northeastern Africa, and occasionally Greece, Pakistan, and Afghanistan. Works treating collectively the Arabic-speaking countries of Asia and Africa, or of Asia only, are entered under [Arab countries.]

Use for: South East Asia, Southeastern Asia

• Here are entered works dealing collectively with the mainland and insular regions of Asia lying south of China and east of India, including Burma, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, Indonesia, Timor-Leste, and the Philippines.

Use for: South Asia, Indian Subcontinent, Indian Sub-continent

• Here are entered works on the subcontinent of India, which in addition to India includes Afghanistan, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Bhutan on the mainland, and Sri Lanka and the Maldives in the Indian Ocean.