See also: Bénin, Benín, bénin, bénîn, and bɛnin

English

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Benin

Etymology

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From Portuguese Benim, from Itsekiri Ubinu, from Yoruba ile ibinu (house of vexation).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: Be‧nin
  • (UK) IPA(key): /bɛˈnɪn/, /bɛˈniːn/
  • (US) IPA(key): /bəˈnin/, /bəˈnɪn/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪn, -iːn

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Benin

  1. A country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey.
    1. People's Republic of Benin, from 1975 to 1990
    2. Republic of Benin, since 1990
  2. A historical kingdom in West Africa, in present-day Nigeria.

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Descendants

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  • Japanese: ベニン (Benin)

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References

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  1. ^ Isidore Okpewho (1998) Once Upon a Kingdom[1], Indiana University Press, page 176.

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Afrikaans

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Benin

  1. Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey; official name: Republiek van Benin; capital: Porto Novo)

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Breton

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Benin ?

  1. Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)

Central Nahuatl

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Benin

  1. Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)

Crimean Tatar

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Benin

  1. Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)

Czech

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Benin m inan (related adjective beninský, demonym Beninec or Beniňan, female demonym Beninka or Beniňanka)

  1. Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)

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Further reading

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  • Benin”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Danish

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Benin

  1. Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)

Dutch

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  • IPA(key): /beːˈnin/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: Be‧nin
  • Rhymes: -in

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Benin n

  1. Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)

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Estonian

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Benin

  1. Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)

Faroese

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Etymology

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From Portuguese Benim, transcription of local corruption of Itsekiri ubinu, from Yoruba ile ibinu (house of vexation).

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Benin n

  1. Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)

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Singular
Indefinite
Nominative Benin
Accusative Benin
Dative Benini
Genitive Benins

Finnish

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Etymology

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From Portuguese Benim.

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbenin/, [ˈbe̞nin]
  • Rhymes: -enin
  • Syllabification(key): Be‧nin

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Benin

  1. Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)

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Inflection of Benin (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative Benin
genitive Beninin
partitive Beniniä
illative Beniniin
singular plural
nominative Benin
accusative nom. Benin
gen. Beninin
genitive Beninin
partitive Beniniä
inessive Beninissä
elative Beninistä
illative Beniniin
adessive Beninillä
ablative Beniniltä
allative Beninille
essive Benininä
translative Beniniksi
abessive Beninittä
instructive
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of Benin (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Beninini
accusative nom. Beninini
gen. Beninini
genitive Beninini
partitive Beniniäni
inessive Beninissäni
elative Beninistäni
illative Beniniini
adessive Beninilläni
ablative Beniniltäni
allative Beninilleni
essive Benininäni
translative Beninikseni
abessive Beninittäni
instructive
comitative
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Beninisi
accusative nom. Beninisi
gen. Beninisi
genitive Beninisi
partitive Beniniäsi
inessive Beninissäsi
elative Beninistäsi
illative Beniniisi
adessive Beninilläsi
ablative Beniniltäsi
allative Beninillesi
essive Benininäsi
translative Beniniksesi
abessive Beninittäsi
instructive
comitative
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Beninimme
accusative nom. Beninimme
gen. Beninimme
genitive Beninimme
partitive Beniniämme
inessive Beninissämme
elative Beninistämme
illative Beniniimme
adessive Beninillämme
ablative Beniniltämme
allative Beninillemme
essive Benininämme
translative Beniniksemme
abessive Beninittämme
instructive
comitative
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Benininne
accusative nom. Benininne
gen. Benininne
genitive Benininne
partitive Beniniänne
inessive Beninissänne
elative Beninistänne
illative Beniniinne
adessive Beninillänne
ablative Beniniltänne
allative Beninillenne
essive Benininänne
translative Beniniksenne
abessive Beninittänne
instructive
comitative
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative Benininsä
accusative nom. Benininsä
gen. Benininsä
genitive Benininsä
partitive Beniniään
Beniniänsä
inessive Beninissään
Beninissänsä
elative Beninistään
Beninistänsä
illative Beniniinsä
adessive Beninillään
Beninillänsä
ablative Beniniltään
Beniniltänsä
allative Beninilleen
Beninillensä
essive Benininään
Benininänsä
translative Beninikseen
Beniniksensä
abessive Beninittään
Beninittänsä
instructive
comitative

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German

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Benin n (proper noun, genitive Benins or (optionally with an article) Benin)

  1. Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)

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Further reading

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  • Benin” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Hungarian

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 Benin on Hungarian Wikipedia

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈbɛnin]
  • Hyphenation: Be‧nin
  • Rhymes: -in

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Benin

  1. Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)
    Synonym: (official name) Benini Köztársaság

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Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative Benin
accusative Benint
dative Beninnek
instrumental Beninnel
causal-final Beninért
translative Beninné
terminative Beninig
essive-formal Beninként
essive-modal
inessive Beninben
superessive Beninen
adessive Beninnél
illative Beninbe
sublative Beninre
allative Beninhez
elative Beninből
delative Beninről
ablative Benintől
non-attributive
possessive - singular
Beniné
non-attributive
possessive - plural
Beninéi
Possessive forms of Benin
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. Beninem
2nd person sing. Benined
3rd person sing. Beninje
1st person plural Beninünk
2nd person plural Beninetek
3rd person plural Beninjük

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Interlingua

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Benin

  1. Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)

Italian

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Benin m

  1. Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)

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Japanese

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Benin

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ベニン

Norwegian Bokmål

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Benin

  1. Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)
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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Benin

  1. Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)
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Polish

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Benin m inan (related adjective beniński)

  1. Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)

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Further reading

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  • Benin in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

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Benin

  1. Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)

Serbo-Croatian

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  • IPA(key): /bênin/
  • Hyphenation: Be‧nin

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Bȅnin m (Cyrillic spelling Бе̏нин)

  1. Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)

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Slovak

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Benin m inan (genitive singular Beninu, declension pattern of dub)

  1. Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)

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  • Benin”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

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Benin

  1. Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)

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Swedish

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From Portuguese Benim, from Itsekiri Ubinu, from Yoruba ile ibinu (house of vexation).[1]

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Benin n (genitive Benins)

  1. Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)
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References

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  1. ^ Isidore Okpewho (1998) Once Upon a Kingdom[2], Indiana University Press, page 176.

Tagalog

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Borrowed from Spanish Benín (Benin).

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Benín (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜈᜒᜈ᜔)

  1. Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)

Turkish

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Benin

  1. Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)

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Welsh

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From English Benin, from Portuguese Benim, from Itsekiri Ubinu, from Yoruba ile ibinu.

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Benin f

  1. Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)

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Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
Benin Fenin Menin unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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