Benin
English
Etymology
From Portuguese Benim, from Itsekiri Ubinu, from Yoruba ile ibinu (“house of vexation”).[1]
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: Be‧nin
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Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -ɪn, Rhymes: -iːn
Proper noun
Benin
- A country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey
- People's Republic of Benin, from 1975 to 1990
- Republic of Benin, since 1990
Hypernyms
Translations
country
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Derived terms
See also
- Countries of the world
- (countries of Africa) countries of Africa; Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Western Sahara, Zambia, Zimbabwe (Category: en:Countries in Africa) [edit]
Further reading
References
Anagrams
Afrikaans
Proper noun
Benin
Breton
Proper noun
Benin ?
Czech
Pronunciation
Proper noun
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Related terms
Danish
Proper noun
Benin
Dutch
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Benin n
Derived terms
Estonian
Proper noun
Benin
Faroese
Etymology
From Portuguese Benim, transcription of local corruption of Itsekiri ubinu, from Yoruba ile ibinu (“house of vexation”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Benin n
Declension
Singular | |
Indefinite | |
Nominative | Benin |
Accusative | Benin |
Dative | Benini |
Genitive | Benins |
Finnish
Proper noun
Benin
Declension
Inflection of Benin (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | ||||
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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. |
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German
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Benin n (proper noun, strong, genitive Benins)
Derived terms
Hungarian
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Benin
Declension
Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | — |
Derived terms
See also
Interlingua
Proper noun
Benin
Italian
Proper noun
Benin m
Derived terms
Norwegian Bokmål
Proper noun
Benin
Related terms
Norwegian Nynorsk
Proper noun
Benin
Related terms
Polish
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Benin m
Declension
Declension of Benin
Derived terms
Further reading
Romanian
Proper noun
Benin
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Bȅnin m (Cyrillic spelling Бе̏нин)
Declension
Declension of Benin
Swahili
Proper noun
Benin
- Benin (country)
See also
- (countries of Africa) nchi za Afrika; Algeria or Aljeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Kamerun or Cameroon or Kameruni, Jamhuri ya Afrika ya Kati, Chad or Chadi, Komori or Visiwa vya Ngazija, Cote d'Ivoire or Kodivaa, Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Kongo or Kongo-Kinshasa, Jibuti or Djibouti, Misri or Umisri, Guinea ya Ikweta or Ginekweta, Eritrea, Ethiopia or Uhabeshi or Habeshi, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea or Gine or Gini, Guinea Bisau or Guinea-Bisau or Ginebisau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagaska or Bukini, Malawi or Unyasa, Mali, Mauritania, Morisi, Mayotte, Moroko or Maroko, Msumbiji or Mozambik, Namibia, Niger or Nijeri, Nigeria or Nijeria or Naijeria, Jamhuri ya Kongo or Kongo-Brazzaville, Réunion, Rwanda or Ruanda, Mtakatifu Helena, Sao Tome na Principe, Senegal or Senegali, Shelisheli, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Afrika Kusini, Sudan Kusini, Sudan, Uswazi or Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Sahara ya Magharibi, Zambia, Zimbabwe (Category: sw:Countries in Africa) [edit]
Swedish
Proper noun
Benin n (genitive Benins)
Tagalog
Etymology
Proper noun
Benín
Turkish
Proper noun
Benin
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