English Explanatory Dictionary

Benevento

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A city and comune, the capital of the province of Benevento, Campania, in southern Italy.
  2. A province of Campania, Italy, around the city.

Word forms

Benevento

Etymology

From Italian Benevento, from Latin Beneventum, from bene (“good, well”) + ventum (“air”), probably an avoidance term for an earlier Maleventum ("Bad Air").

Synonyms

Beneventum
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