English Explanatory Dictionary

Bena

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A member of a Bantu people who live north of Lake Nyasa.
name
  1. The Bantu language of this people.
name
  1. A surname.
name
  1. An unincorporated community in Kern County, California, United States.
  2. A minor city in Cass County, Minnesota, United States.
  3. A village in Kebbi state, north-west Nigeria.
  4. A small town in South Gippsland, Victoria, Australia; from an Aboriginal name for the lyrebird.
name
  1. An Adamawa language of Nigeria.

Word forms

Bena Benas

Etymology

Various origins: * Borrowed from Italian Benà, a reduced form of the medieval personal name Benenato. * Borrowed from Hungarian Béna, a nickname from béna (“lame”). * Borrowed from Czech and Slovak Béňa, a diminutive of Benedikt.

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