Associations to the word «Benin»

Wiktionary

BENIN, proper noun. A country in Western Africa. Official name: Republic of Benin.
BENIN CITY, proper noun. A city and the capital of Edo State in southern Nigeria.

Dictionary definition

BENIN, noun. A country on western coast of Africa; formerly under French control.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats