My mother is from Benin. She is Beninese.
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Beninese
//bɛnɪˈniːz//
Synonyms for "beninese"
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65 translations across 25 languages.
Afrikaans
2 entries- Beninees adj (of, from, or pertaining to Benin)
- Beninees noun (person)
Asturian
3 entries- beninés adj (of, from, or pertaining to Benin)
- beninesa noun (person)
- beninés noun (person)
Belarusian
2 entries- бенінец noun (person)
- бенінка noun (person)
Catalan
2 entries- beninès adj (of, from, or pertaining to Benin)
- beninès noun (person)
Czech
2 entries- beninský adj (of, from, or pertaining to Benin)
- Beninec noun (person)
Dutch
3 entries- Benins adj (of, from, or pertaining to Benin)
- Beniner noun (person)
- Beninse noun (person)
Finnish
2 entries- beniniläinen adj (of, from, or pertaining to Benin)
- beniniläinen noun (person)
French
3 entries- béninois adj (of, from, or pertaining to Benin)
- Béninois noun (person)
- Béninoise noun (person)
Galician
2 entries- beninés adj (of, from, or pertaining to Benin)
- beninés noun (person)
German
3 entries- beninisch adj (of, from, or pertaining to Benin)
- Beniner noun (person)
- Beninerin noun (person)
Hungarian
2 entries- benini adj (of, from, or pertaining to Benin)
- benini noun (person)
Icelandic
2 entries- benínskur adj (of, from, or pertaining to Benin)
- Beníni noun (person)
Italian
1 entries- beninese noun (person)
Marathi
2 entries- बेनिनी adj (of, from, or pertaining to Benin)
- बेनिनी noun (person)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- beninsk adj (of, from, or pertaining to Benin)
- beniner noun (person)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- beninsk adj (of, from, or pertaining to Benin)
- beninar noun (person)
Polish
3 entries- beniński adj (of, from, or pertaining to Benin)
- Beninka noun (person)
- Benińczyk noun (person)
Portuguese
4 entries- beninense adj (of, from, or pertaining to Benin)
- beninês adj (of, from, or pertaining to Benin)
- beninense noun (person)
- beninesa noun (person)
Romanian
3 entries- beninez adj (of, from, or pertaining to Benin)
- beninez noun (person)
- benineză noun (person)
Russian
3 entries- бени́нский adj (of, from, or pertaining to Benin)
- бени́нец noun (person)
- бени́нка noun (person)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- bȅninskī adj (of, from, or pertaining to Benin)
- бе̏нинскӣ adj (of, from, or pertaining to Benin)
- Beninka noun (person)
- Benínac noun (person)
Spanish
3 entries- beninés adj (of, from, or pertaining to Benin)
- beninesa noun (person)
- beninés noun (person)
Swedish
3 entries- beninsk adj (of, from, or pertaining to Benin)
- beninier noun (person)
- beninska noun (person)
Turkish
1 entries- Beninli noun (person)
Ukrainian
3 entries- бені́нський adj (of, from, or pertaining to Benin)
- бенінець noun (person)
- бенінка noun (person)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
An estimated 4.4 million, more than 40%, of Beninese live abroad.
Source: tatoeba (8904703)
“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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