Benevento

See also: benevento

English

Etymology

From Italian Benevento, from Latin Beneventum, from bene (“good, well”) + ventum (“air”), probably an avoidance term for an earlier Maleventum ("Bad Air").

Proper noun

Benevento

1. A city in Campania, in southern Italy.
2. A province of Campania, Italy, around the city.

Synonyms

• (city): Beneventum (historical)

Translations

capital of Benevento province

• Bulgarian: Беневенто m (Benevento)
• Catalan: Benevent f
• French: Bénévent (fr) m
• Greek:

  Ancient: Βενεουεντόν n (Beneouentón)

  Modern: Μπενεβέντο (el) n (Benevénto)

• Italian: Benevento (it) f
• Latin: Beneventum n
• Neapolitan: Beneviento f
• Polish: Benewent (pl) m
• Portuguese: Benevento f
• Romanian: Benevento (ro) n
• Russian: Беневе́нто (ru) m (Benevénto)
• Sicilian: Beneventu
• Spanish: Benevento f
• Tarantino: Benevende

province of Italy

• Bulgarian: Беневенто m (Benevento)
• French: Bénévent (fr) m
• Italian: Benevento (it) f
• Neapolitan: Beneviento
• Portuguese: Benevento f

Italian

Etymology

From Latin Beneventum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /be.neˈvɛn.to/

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• Rhymes: -ɛnto
• Hyphenation: Be‧ne‧vèn‧to

Proper noun

Benevento f

1. Benevento (a province of Campania, Italy)
2. Benevento (the capital city of the province of Benevento, Campania, Italy)

Derived terms

• beneventano

Latin

Proper noun

Beneventō

1. dative/ablative singular of Beneventum

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Beneventum and Italian Benevento.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /be.neˈvẽ.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /be.neˈvẽ.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /be.neˈvẽ.to/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɨ.nɨˈvẽ.tu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɨ.nɨˈvẽ.tu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɨ.nɨˈbẽ.tu/ [bɨ.nɨˈβẽ.tu]

Proper noun

Benevento f

1. Benevento (a province of Campania, Italy)
2. Benevento (the capital city of the province of Benevento, Campania, Italy)

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /beneˈbento/ [be.neˈβ̞ẽn̪.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ento
• Syllabification: Be‧ne‧ven‧to

Proper noun

Benevento f

1. Benevento (a province of Campania, Italy)
2. Benevento (the capital city of the province of Benevento, Campania, Italy)