Benin

See also: Bénin, Benín, bénin, bénîn, and bɛnin

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English

Benin

Etymology

From Portuguese Benim, from Itsekiri Ubinu, from Yoruba ile ibinu (“house of vexation”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Be‧nin
• (UK) IPA^(key): /bɪˈniːn/, /bɛˈniːn/
• (US) IPA^(key): /bəˈnin/, /bəˈnɪn/

• Audio (US):

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• Audio (UK):

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• Rhymes: -ɪn, -iːn

Proper noun

Benin

2. A country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey.
   1. People's Republic of Benin, from 1975 to 1990
   2. Republic of Benin, since 1990
4. A historical kingdom in West Africa, in present-day Nigeria.

Hypernyms

• Subsahara

Derived terms

• Bay of Benin
• Beninese
• Bight of Benin
• Republic of Benin

Descendants

• → Japanese: ベニン (Benin)

Translations

country

• Afrikaans: Benin
• Amharic: ቤኒን (benin)
• Arabic: بَنِين m (banīn)
• Armenian: Բենին (hy) (Benin)
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܒܸܢܝܼܢ f (binīn)
• Asturian: Benín (ast)
• Azerbaijani: Benin (az)
• Belarusian: Бені́н m (Bjenín)
• Bengali: বেনিন (bn) (benin)
• Breton: Benin
• Bulgarian: Бени́н m (Benín)
• Burmese: ဘီနင် (bhinang)
• Catalan: Benín (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 貝寧 / 贝宁 (zh) (Bèiníng)

• Czech: Benin (cs) m
• Danish: Benin (da)
• Dhivehi: ބެނީން (dv) (benīn̊)
• Dutch: Benin (nl) n
• Esperanto: Benino (eo)
• Estonian: Benin (et)
• Faroese: Benin n
• Finnish: Benin (fi)
• French: Bénin (fr) m
• Galician: Benín (gl)
• Georgian: ბენინი (ka) (benini)
• German: Benin (de) n
• Greek: Μπενίν (el) n (Benín)
• Hausa: Binin, Benin
• Hebrew: בנין (he) (benin)
• Hindi: बेनिन (hi) (benin)
• Hungarian: Benin (hu)
• Icelandic: Benín (is) n
• Interlingua: Benin
• Irish: Beinin f
• Italian: Benin (it) m
• Japanese: ベナン (ja) (Benan)
• Kalenjin: Benin
• Kamba: Mbenini
• Kazakh: Бенин (kk) (Benin)
• Khmer: បេណាំង (km) (beenang)
• Korean: 베냉 (ko) (Benaeng), 베닌 (ko) (Benin)
• Kyrgyz: Бенин (ky) (Benin)
• Latin: Beninum
• Latvian: Benina (lv) f
• Lithuanian: Beninas (lt) m
• Luhya: Benini
• Luo: Benin
• Macedonian: Бенин (mk) m (Benin)
• Malay: Benin (ms)
• Maltese: il-Benin
• Maori: Pēnina (mi)
• Meru: Benin
• Mingrelian: ბენინი (benini)
• Mongolian: Бенин (mn) (Benin)
• Norman: Benin m
• Norwegian: Benin (no)
• Persian: بنین (benin)
• Polish: Benin (pl)
• Portuguese: Benim (pt)
• Romanian: Benin (ro) n
• Russian: Бени́н (ru) m (Benín)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Бенин m

  Roman: Benin (sh) m

• Slovak: Benin (sk) m
• Slovene: Benin (sl) m
• Spanish: Benín (es)
• Swahili: Benin (sw)
• Swedish: Benin (sv)
• Tagalog: Benin (tl)
• Tajik: Бенин (tg) (Benin)
• Thai: เบนิน (th) (bee-nin)
• Tigrinya: ቤኒን (benin)
• Turkish: Benin (tr)
• Ukrainian: Бені́н (uk) m (Benín)
• Uyghur: بېنىن (bënin)
• Uzbek: Benin (uz)
• Vietnamese: Bê-nanh
• Yoruba: Bẹ̀nẹ̀

See also

• Countries of the world

countries in Africa (appendix)edit

• Algeria
• Angola
• Benin
• Botswana
• Burkina Faso
• Burundi
• Cabo Verde
• Cameroon
• Central African Republic
• Chad
• Comoros
• Côte d'Ivoire, Ivory Coast
• Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Djibouti
• Egypt
• Equatorial Guinea
• Eritrea
• Eswatini ~ eSwatini, Swaziland
• 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

Further reading

• Benin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• benni

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Benin

1. Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey; official name: Republiek van Benin; capital: Porto Novo)

Derived terms

• Beninees

Breton

Proper noun

Benin ?

1. Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)

Central Nahuatl

Proper noun

Benin

1. Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)

Crimean Tatar

Proper noun

Benin

1. Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɛnɪn]

Proper noun

Benin m inan (relational adjective beninský, demonym Beninec or Beniňan, female demonym Beninka or Beniňanka)

1. Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)

Declension

Declension of Benin (sg-only hard masculine inanimate)

	singular
nominative	Benin
genitive	Beninu
dative	Beninu
accusative	Benin
vocative	Benine
locative	Beninu
instrumental	Beninem

Further reading

• “Benin”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Danish

Proper noun

Benin

1. Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /beːˈnin/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Be‧nin
• Rhymes: -in

Proper noun

Benin n

1. Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)

Derived terms

• Benins

Estonian

Proper noun

Benin

1. 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

• IPA^(key): /peˈniːn/

Proper noun

Benin n

1. 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

• IPA^(key): /ˈbenin/, [ˈbe̞nin]
• Rhymes: -enin
• Hyphenation^(key): Be‧nin

Proper noun

Benin

1. Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)

Declension

Inflection of Benin (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
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.

Possessive forms of Benin (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Beninini — accusative nom. Beninini — gen. Beninini genitive Beninini — partitive Beniniäni — inessive Beninissäni — elative Beninistäni — illative Beniniini — adessive Beninilläni — ablative Beniniltäni — allative Beninilleni — essive Benininäni — translative Beninikseni — abessive Beninittäni — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Beninisi — accusative nom. Beninisi — gen. Beninisi genitive Beninisi — partitive Beniniäsi — inessive Beninissäsi — elative Beninistäsi — illative Beniniisi — adessive Beninilläsi — ablative Beniniltäsi — allative Beninillesi — essive Benininäsi — translative Beniniksesi — abessive Beninittäsi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Beninimme — accusative nom. Beninimme — gen. Beninimme genitive Beninimme — partitive Beniniämme — inessive Beninissämme — elative Beninistämme — illative Beniniimme — adessive Beninillämme — ablative Beniniltämme — allative Beninillemme — essive Benininämme — translative Beniniksemme — abessive Beninittämme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Benininne — accusative nom. Benininne — gen. Benininne genitive Benininne — partitive Beniniänne — inessive Beninissänne — elative Beninistänne — illative Beniniinne — adessive Beninillänne — ablative Beniniltänne — allative Beninillenne — essive Benininänne — translative Beniniksenne — abessive Beninittänne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Benininsä — accusative nom. Benininsä — gen. Benininsä genitive Benininsä — partitive Beniniään Beniniänsä — inessive Beninissään Beninissänsä — elative Beninistään Beninistänsä — illative Beniniinsä — adessive Beninillään Beninillänsä — ablative Beniniltään Beniniltänsä — allative Beninilleen Beninillensä — essive Benininään Benininänsä — translative Beninikseen Beniniksensä — abessive Beninittään Beninittänsä — instructive — — comitative — —

Derived terms

• beniniläinen

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /beˈniːn/

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Benin n (proper noun, genitive Benins or (optionally with an article) Benin)

1. Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)

Derived terms

• Beniner
• beninisch
• Benin-Stadt

See also

countries in Africa: Staaten Afrikas (appendix)edit

• Ägypten
• Algerien
• Angola
• Äquatorialguinea
• Äthiopien
• Benin
• Botswana
• Burkina Faso
• Burundi
• Demokratische Republik Kongo
• Dschibuti
• Elfenbeinküste
• Eritrea
• Eswatini
• Gabun
• Gambia
• Ghana
• Guinea
• Guinea-Bissau
• Kamerun
• Kap Verde
• Kenia
• Komoren
• Lesotho
• Liberia
• Libyen
• Madagaskar
• Malawi
• Mali
• Marokko
• Mauretanien
• Mauritius
• Mosambik
• Namibia
• Niger
• Nigeria
• Republik Kongo
• Ruanda
• Sambia
• Senegal
• Seychellen
• Sierra Leone
• Simbabwe
• Somalia
• Südafrika
• Sudan
• Südsudan
• São Tomé und Príncipe
• Tansania
• Togo
• Tschad
• Tunesien
• Uganda
• Zentralafrikanische Republik

Further reading

• “Benin” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɛnin]
• Hyphenation: Be‧nin
• Rhymes: -in

Proper noun

Benin

1. 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

• benini

Interlingua

Proper noun

Benin

1. Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)

Italian

Proper noun

Benin m

1. Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)

Derived terms

• beninese

Japanese

Romanization

Benin

1. Rōmaji transcription of ベニン

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Benin

1. Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)

Related terms

• beniner
• beninsk

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Benin

1. Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)

Related terms

• beninar
• beninsk

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛ.ɲin/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɛɲin
• Syllabification: Be‧nin

Proper noun

Benin m inan (related adjective beniński)

1. Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)

Declension

Declension of Benin

	singular
nominative	Benin
genitive	Beninu
dative	Beninowi
accusative	Benin
instrumental	Beninem
locative	Beninie
vocative	Beninie

Derived terms

(nouns):

• Beninka
• Benińczyk

See also

countries in Africa: państwa Afryki (appendix)edit

• Algieria
• Angola
• Benin
• Botswana
• Burkina Faso
• Burundi
• Czad
• Demokratyczna Republika Konga
• Dżibuti
• Egipt
• Erytrea
• Eswatini
• Etiopia
• Gabon
• Gambia
• Ghana
• Gwinea
• Gwinea Bissau
• Gwinea Równikowa
• Kamerun
• Kenia
• Komory
• Kongo
• Lesotho
• Liberia
• Libia
• Madagaskar
• Malawi
• Mali
• Maroko
• Mauretania
• Mauritius
• Mozambik
• Namibia
• Niger
• Nigeria
• Południowa Afryka
• Republika Środkowoafrykańska
• Republika Zielonego Przylądka
• Rwanda
• Sahara Zachodnia
• Senegal
• Seszele
• Sierra Leone
• Somalia
• Sudan
• Sudan Południowy
• Tanzania
• Togo
• Tunezja
• Uganda
• Wybrzeże Kości Słoniowej
• Wyspy Świętego Tomasza i Książęca
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

Further reading

• Benin in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Proper noun

Benin

1. Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bênin/
• Hyphenation: Be‧nin

Proper noun

Bȅnin m (Cyrillic spelling Бе̏нин)

1. Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)

Declension

Declension of Benin

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

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbeɲin]

Proper noun

Benin m inan (genitive singular Beninu, declension pattern of dub)

1. 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, 2003–2025

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Proper noun

Benin

1. Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)

See also

countries in Africa: nchi za Afrika (appendix)edit

• Afrika Kusini
• Algeria ~ Aljeria
• Angola
• Benin
• Botswana
• Burkina Faso
• Burundi
• Cabo Verde
• Chad ~ Chadi
• Cote d'Ivoire ~ Kodivaa
• Eritrea
• Ethiopia, Uhabeshi ~ Habeshi
• Gabon
• Gambia
• Ghana
• Guinea Bisau ~ Guinea-Bisau ~ Ginebisau
• Guinea ya Ikweta ~ Ginekweta
• Guinea ~ Gine ~ Gini
• Jamhuri ya Afrika ya Kati
• Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Kongo, Kongo-Kinshasa
• Jamhuri ya Kongo, Kongo-Brazzaville
• Jibuti ~ Djibouti
• Kamerun ~ Cameroon ~ Kameruni
• Kenya
• Komori, Visiwa vya Ngazija
• Lesotho
• Liberia
• Libya
• Madagaska, Bukini
• Malawi, Unyasa
• Mali
• Mauritania
• Mayotte
• Misri, Umisri
• Morisi
• Moroko ~ Maroko
• Msumbiji, Mozambik
• Mtakatifu Helena
• Namibia
• Niger ~ Nijeri
• Nigeria ~ Nijeria ~ Naijeria
• Rwanda ~ Ruanda
• Réunion
• Sahara ya Magharibi
• Sao Tome na Principe
• Senegal ~ Senegali
• Shelisheli
• Sierra Leone
• Somalia
• Sudan
• Sudan Kusini
• Tanzania
• Togo
• Tunisia
• Uganda
• Uswazi, Swaziland
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

Swedish

Etymology

From Portuguese Benim, from Itsekiri Ubinu, from Yoruba ile ibinu (“house of vexation”).

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Benin n (genitive Benins)

1. Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)

Related terms

• beninsk (“Beninese”, adjective)
• beninier c (“Beninese male”)
• beninska c (“Beninese female”)

References

• Benin in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• Svensk MeSH

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Benín (“Benin”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /beˈnin/ [bɛˈn̪in̪]
• Rhymes: -in
• Syllabification: Be‧nin

Proper noun

Benín (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜈᜒᜈ᜔)

1. Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)

Turkish

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Benin

1. Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)

Declension

Declension of Benin

	singular	plural
nominative	Benin	-
definite accusative	Benin'i	-
dative	Benin'e	-
locative	Benin'de	-
ablative	Benin'den	-
genitive	Benin'in	-

See also

countries in Africa: Afrika ülkesi (appendix)edit

• 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
• Senegal
• Seyşeller
• Sierra Leone
• Somali
• Sudan
• São Tomé ve Príncipe
• Tanzanya
• Togo
• Tunus
• Uganda
• Yeşil Burun
• Zambiya
• Zimbabve

Welsh

Etymology

From English Benin, from Portuguese Benim, from Itsekiri Ubinu, from Yoruba ile ibinu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɛˈnɪn/

Proper noun

Benin f

1. Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)

Derived terms

• Beninaidd (“Beninese”, adjective)
• Beniniad (“Beninese (man/woman)”)
• Gweriniaeth Benin (“Republic of Benin”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of Benin

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
Benin	Fenin	Menin	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

See also

countries in Africa: gwledydd Affrica (appendix)edit

• Angola
• Algeria
• Benin
• Botswana
• Bwrcina Ffaso
• Bwrwndi
• Cabo Verde
• Camerŵn
• Cenia
• De Affrica
• 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
• Senegal
• Sierra Leone
• Simbabwe
• Somalia
• Swdan
• São Tomé a Príncipe
• Tansania
• Tiwnisia
• Togo
• Tsiad
• Wganda
• y Comoros
• y Seychelles
• y Traeth Ifori
• yr Aifft