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Beninese

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Beninese [ˌbɛniːˈniːz]
adj
(Placename) of or relating to Benin or its people
n
(Social Science / Peoples) a native or inhabitant of Benin Also Beninois [ˌbɛniːˈnwɑː]
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Noun1.Beninese - a native or inhabitant of Benin
Benin, Dahomey, Republic of Benin - a country on western coast of Africa; formerly under French control
African - a native or inhabitant of Africa
Adj.1.Beninese - of or relating to or characteristic of Benin or its people; "Benin bronzes"


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Kerekou and his government, therefore, needed to arouse the nationalist spirit of the Beninese people by evoking the names of acknowledged African nationalists such as Samori Toure and El Hadj Omar and surreptitiously omitting Behanzin due to ethnic suspicions of Fon complicity in the abortive coup.
Commemorating the chief: the politics of postage stamps in West Africa by Adedze, Agbenyega / African Arts
``This is the first time since we've participated in the Olympics that people have been so nice to us,'' said Marius Theodule Francisco, president of the Beninese National Olympic Committee.
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Nationality adjectives are dealt with carelessly: Zairean is sometimes spelled Zairian, whereas Beninois is not translated into Beninese in a volume in which all the contributors have translated everything else.
A History of Twentieth-Century African Literatures by Nganga, Bernard / African American Review
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