Beninese

//bɛnɪˈniːz//

"Beninese" in a Sentence (3 examples)

My mother is from Benin. She is Beninese.

An estimated 4.4 million, more than 40%, of Beninese live abroad.

“They wanted to know what part of Africa my parents hailed from,” Caesar said. “How was I to know? He said I had the nose of a Beninese.”

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