Benin
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Benin
English
Etymology
From Portuguese Benim, from Itsekiri Ubinu, from Yoruba ile ibinu (“house of vexation”).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: Be‧nin
- (UK) IPA(key): /bɛˈnɪn/, /bɛˈniːn/
- (US) IPA(key): /bəˈnin/, /bəˈnɪn/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɪn, -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
- A historical kingdom in West Africa, in present-day Nigeria.
Hypernyms
Derived terms
Translations
country
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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]
References
- ^ Isidore Okpewho (1998) Once Upon a Kingdom, Indiana University Press, page 176.
Further reading
Anagrams
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Proper noun
Benin
- Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey; official name: Republiek van Benin; capital: Porto Novo)
Derived terms
Breton
Proper noun
Benin ?
- Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)
Central Nahuatl
Proper noun
Benin
- Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)
Crimean Tatar
Proper noun
Benin
- Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)
Czech
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Benin m inan (related adjective beninský, demonym Beninec or Beniňan, female demonym Beninka or Beniňanka)
- Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)
Declension
Further reading
- Benin in Internetová jazyková příručka
Danish
Proper noun
Benin
- Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)
Dutch
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Benin n
- Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)
Derived terms
Estonian
Proper noun
Benin
- Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)
Faroese
Etymology
From Portuguese Benim, transcription of local corruption of Itsekiri ubinu, from Yoruba ile ibinu (“house of vexation”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Benin n
- Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)
Declension
| Singular | |
| Indefinite | |
| Nominative | Benin |
| Accusative | Benin |
| Dative | Benini |
| Genitive | Benins |
Finnish
Etymology
From Portuguese Benim.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Benin
- Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)
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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Derived terms
German
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Benin n (proper noun, genitive Benins or (optionally with an article) Benin)
- Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “Benin” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Hungarian
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Benin
- Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)
- Synonym: (official name) Benini Köztársaság
Declension
| 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 | — |
Derived terms
Interlingua
Proper noun
Benin
- Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)
Italian
Proper noun
Benin m
- Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)
Derived terms
Japanese
Romanization
Benin
Norwegian Bokmål
Proper noun
Benin
- Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)
Related terms
Norwegian Nynorsk
Proper noun
Benin
- Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)
Related terms
Polish
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Benin m
- Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)
Declension
Declension of Benin
Derived terms
adjective
nouns
Further reading
- Benin in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Proper noun
Benin
- Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Bȅnin m (Cyrillic spelling Бе̏нин)
- Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)
Declension
Declension of Benin
Slovak
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Benin m inan (genitive singular Beninu, declension pattern of dub)
- Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)
References
- “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
Swahili
Pronunciation
Audio (Kenya) (file)
Proper noun
Benin
- Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)
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
Etymology
From Portuguese Benim, from Itsekiri Ubinu, from Yoruba ile ibinu (“house of vexation”).
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Proper noun
Benin n (genitive Benins)
- Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)
Related terms
References
- ^ Isidore Okpewho (1998) Once Upon a Kingdom, Indiana University Press, page 176.
Tagalog
Etymology
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Benín (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜈᜒᜈ᜔)
- Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)
Turkish
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Proper noun
Benin
- Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)
Declension
Declension of Benin
See also
- (countries of Africa) Afrika ülkesi; Angola, Batı Sahra, Benin, Botsvana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cezayir, Cibuti, Çad, Ekvator Ginesi, Eritre, Esvatini, Etiyopiya, Fas, Fildişi Sahili, Gabon, Gambiya, Gana, Gine, Gine-Bissau, Güney Afrika, Güney Sudan, Kamerun, Kenya, Komorlar, Kongo Cumhuriyeti, Kongo Demokratik Cumhuriyeti, Lesotho, Liberya, Libya, Madagaskar, Malavi, Mali, Mauritius, Mısır, Moritanya, Mozambik, Namibya, Nijer, Nijeria, Orta Afrika Cumhuriyeti, Ruanda, São Tomé ve Príncipe, Senegal, Seyşeller, Sierra Leone, Somali, Sudan, Tanzanya, Togo, Tunus, Uganda, Yeşil Burun, Zambiya, Zimbabve (Category: tr:Countries in Africa) [edit]
Welsh
Etymology
From English Benin, from Portuguese Benim, from Itsekiri Ubinu, from Yoruba ile ibinu.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Benin f
- Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)
Derived terms
- Beninaidd (“Beninese”, adjective)
- Beniniad (“Beninese (man/woman)”)
- Gweriniaeth Benin (“Republic of Benin”)
Mutation
| 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. | |||
See also
- (countries of Africa) gwledydd Affrica; yr Aifft, Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Bwrcina Ffaso, Bwrwndi, Cabo Verde, Camerŵn, Cenia, Comoros, De Africa, De Swdan, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Gini, Gini Bisaw, Gini Gyhydeddol, Gorllewin Sahara, Gweriniaeth Canolbarth Affrica, Gweriniaeth Ddemocrataidd y Congo, Gweriniaeth y Congo, Jibwti, Lesotho, Liberia, Libia, Madagasgar, Malawi, Mali, Mawrisiws, Mawritania, Moroco, Mosambic, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sambia, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Simbabwe, Somalia, Swdan, Tansania, Tiwnisia, Togo, y Traeth Ifori, Tsiad, Wganda (Category: cy:Countries in Africa) [edit]