BENIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Benin mean? 

• BENIN (noun)
  The noun BENIN has 1 sense:

1. a country on western coast of Africa; formerly under French control

  Familiarity information: BENIN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BENIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A country on western coast of Africa; formerly under French control

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Benin; Dahomey; Republic of Benin

Instance hypernyms:

African country; African nation (any one of the countries occupying the African continent)

Meronyms (parts of "Benin"):

capital of Benin; Porto Novo (the capital of Benin in southwestern part of country on a coastal lagoon)

Cotonou (chief port of Benin on the Bight of Benin)

Niger; Niger River (an African river; flows into the South Atlantic)

Meronyms (members of "Benin"):

Beninese (a native or inhabitant of Benin)

Ewe (a member of a people living in southern Benin and Togo and southeastern Ghana)

Holonyms ("Benin" is a part of...):

Africa (the second largest continent; located to the south of Europe and bordered to the west by the South Atlantic and to the east by the Indian Ocean)