ベナン

Japanese edit

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ベナン

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Benin

Etymology edit

Borrowed from French Bénin.

Pronunciation edit

(Tokyo) ベナン [béꜜnàǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
IPA^(key): [be̞nã̠ɴ]

Proper noun edit

ベナン • (Benan)

Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)
Synonyms: (fuller official name) ベナン共和国 (Benan Kyōwakoku), ベニン (Benin)

Usage notes edit

This term ベナン (Benan) appears to be gradually replacing older English-derived ベニン (Benin).^[1]^[2]

References edit

^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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