Bengali could become a European (7)

I believe the answer is:

belgian

'a european' is the definition.
(Belgian is an example)

'bengali could become' is the wordplay.
'could become' is an anagram indicator.
'bengali' is an anagram of 'BELGIAN'.

(Other definitions for belgian that I've seen before include "Nationality of Rene Magritte" , "One from Liege, say" , "Hercule Poirot's nationality" , "Eg, Brussels native" , "Bengali from a European state?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.

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