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 - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne