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Benin noun uk /benˈiːn/ us /benˈiːn/ a country in West Africa贝宁 SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Countries, nationalities & continents: country names Afghanistan Albania Albion Algeria Andorra Eritrea Estonia Eswatini Ethiopia Mauritius Melanesia Mexico Micronesia Moldova St Lucia St Vincent and the Grenadines Sudan Suriname Swaziland the Federated States of Micronesia
He secured a commission from the King to go slave-raiding in Benin, on the coast of Africa. It seems probable that Benin developed the imperial idea and once extended its rule into the Congo valley. The Portuguese derived from them immense quantities of these cowries, with which they traded to Guinea, Congo, and Benin. There is in Benin a considerable order in government. |