republic of benin

1. A country on western coast of Africa;
   Formerly under French control (synset 108777253)
   is an instance of: african country, african nation - any one of the countries occupying the African continent
   member holonym:

   • beninese - a native or inhabitant of Benin
   • ewe - a member of a people living in southern Benin and Togo and southeastern Ghana
   has:

   • capital of benin, porto novo - the capital of Benin in southwestern part of country on a coastal lagoon
   • cotonou - chief port of Benin on the Bight of Benin
   • niger, niger river - an African river; flows into the South Atlantic
   is a part of: africa - the second largest continent; located to the south of Europe and bordered to the west by the South Atlantic and to the east by the Indian Ocean
   same as: benin, dahomey

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