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Beninese

See also: beninese

English

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Etymology

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From Benin +‎ -ese.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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Beninese (plural Beninese)

  1. A person from Benin or of Beninese descent.
    Hypernyms: African, sub-Saharan
    • 2016, Colson Whitehead, The Underground Railroad, Fleet (2017), pages 147–148:
      “They wanted to know what part of Africa my parents hailed from,” Caesar said. “How was I to know? He said I had the nose of a Beninese.”

Usage notes

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  • As with other terms for people formed with -ese, the countable singular noun in reference to a person (as in "I am a Beninese", "writing about Beninese cuisine as a Beninese") is uncommon and often taken as incorrect. In its place, the adjective is used, by itself (as in "I am Beninese") or with a word like person, man, or woman ("writing about Beninese cuisine as a Beninese person"). See also -ish, which is similarly only used primarily as an adjective or as a plural noun.

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Adjective

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Beninese (comparative more Beninese, superlative most Beninese)

  1. Of, from, or pertaining to Benin, the Beninese people.

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Afrikaans

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Adjective

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Beninese

  1. attributive form of Beninees

Noun

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Beninese

  1. plural of Beninees
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