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Definition of: Benin
(be·nēn′)
1. An independent republic in western Africa; 44,290 square miles; capital, Porto-Novo: formerly Dahomey.
2. A river in southern Nigeria, flowing west 60 miles into the Bight of Benin, an Atlantic bay of the Gulf of Guinea on the coast of west central Africa.
3. A province in southern Nigeria; 8,627 square miles; capital, Benin City.
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