Benin

See also Bénin, Benín, bénin, and bénîn

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /bɛnˈɪn/, X-SAMPA: /bEn"i:n/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -ɪn, Rhymes: -iːn

Proper noun

Benin

1. A country in Western Africa. Official name: Republic of Benin.

Translations

country

• Arabic: بنين (ar) (baniin) m
• Armenian: Բենին (hy) (Benin)
• Belarusian: Бенін (be) (Benín) m
• Bengali: বেনিন (bn)
• Breton: Benin (br)
• Bulgarian: Бенин (bg) (Benin)
• Catalan: Benín (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 貝寧 (cmn), 贝宁 (cmn) (Bèiníng)

• Czech: Benin (cs) m
• Danish: Benin (da)
• Dutch: Benin (nl)
• Esperanto: Benino (eo)
• Estonian: Benin (et)
• Faroese: Benin (fo) n
• Finnish: Benin (fi)
• French: Bénin (fr) m
• Galician: Benín (gl)
• German: Benin (de)
• Greek: Μπενίν (el) (Benín) n
• Hebrew: בנין (he)
• Hungarian: Benin (hu)
• Interlingua: Benin (ia)
• Italian: Benin (it)
• Japanese: ベナン (ja) (Benan)

• Kalenjin: Benin
• Kamba: Mbenini
• Khmer: បេណាំង (km) (be nang)
• Korean: 베닌 (ko) (Benin)
• Luhya: Benini
• Luo: Benin
• Macedonian: Бенин (mk) (Bénin) m
• Malay: Benin (ms)
• Maltese: il-Benin (mt)
• Meru: Benin
• Norwegian: Benin (no)
• Polish: Benin (pl)
• Portuguese: Benim (pt)
• Romanian: Benin (ro) n
• Russian: Бенин (ru) (Benín) m
• Serbian:

  Cyrillic: Бенин (sh) m

  Latin: Benin (sh) m

• Spanish: Benín (es)
• Swahili: Benini (sw)
• Swedish: Benin (sv)
• Turkish: Benin (tr)
• Ukrainian: Бенін (uk) (Benín) m

See also

• Countries of the world
• Benin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Afrikaans

Proper noun

Benin

1. Benin

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Breton

Proper noun

Benin

1. Benin

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Czech

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Proper noun

Benin m

1. Benin

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Danish

Proper noun

Benin

1. Benin

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Dutch

Proper noun

Benin ?

1. Benin

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Estonian

Proper noun

Benin

1. Benin

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Faroese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA: /peˈniːn/, X-SAMPA: /pe"ni:n/

Proper noun

Benin n

1. Benin

Declension

	Singular
	Indefinite
Nominative	Benin
Accusative	Benin
Dative	Benini
Genitive	Benins

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Finnish

Wikipedia ^fi

Proper noun

Benin

1. Benin

Declension

Declension of Benin (type risti) singular plural nominative Benin – genitive Beninin – partitive Beniniä – accusative Benin Beninin – inessive Beninissä – elative Beninistä – illative Beniniin – adessive Beninillä – ablative Beniniltä – allative Beninille – essive Benininä – translative Beniniksi – instructive – – abessive Beninittä – comitative – –

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German

Proper noun

Benin

1. Benin

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Hungarian

Wikipedia ^hu

Proper noun

Benin

1. Benin

Related terms

• Benini Köztársaság
• benini

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Interlingua

Proper noun

Benin

1. Benin

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Italian

Wikipedia ^it

Proper noun

Benin m

1. Benin

Derived terms

• beninese

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Norwegian

Proper noun

Benin

1. Benin

Related terms

• beniner
• beninsk

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈbɛɲin/

• Audio

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Proper noun

Benin m

1. Benin

Declension

    declension of Benin

	singular	plural
nominative	Benin	Beniny
genitive	Beninu	Beninów
dative	Beninowi	Beninom
accusative	Benin	Beniny
instrumental	Beninem	Beninami
locative	Beninie	Beninach
vocative	Beninie	Beniny

Derived terms

• Benińczyk m, Beninka f
• adjective: beniński

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Romanian

Proper noun

Benin

1. Benin

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /bênin/
• Hyphenation: Be‧nin

Proper noun

Bȅnin m (Cyrillic spelling Бе̏нин)

1. Benin

Declension

    declension of Benin

	singular
nominative	Benin
genitive	Benina
dative	Beninu
accusative	Benin
vocative	Benine
locative	Beninu
instrumental	Beninom

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Swedish

Proper noun

Benin

1. Benin

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Turkish

Proper noun

Benin

1. Benin