Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A city of southern Benin on the Bight of Benin. The largest city in the country, it is a seaport and commercial center.
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- proper noun The
de facto capital ofBenin .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun chief port of Benin on the Bight of Benin
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Examples
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Earlier today, I spoke to two Beninese men I know here in Cotonou who happen to be from an adjacent village.
Boing Boing 2009
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Mrs Houessou and Mrs. Gandaho want to start a small shop in Cotonou, Benin to feed their four children properly.
Global Voices in English » Can social media help make microfinance sustainable? 2009
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An investigation is ongoing, I'm told by a source in Cotonou familiar with the case.
Boing Boing 2009
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Beneath her clothes and other personal items, several thousand dollars for the secondhand Mercedes that Monye planned to buy from a dealer in Cotonou lay under the duffel’s false bottom.
Night Bus 2006
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Beneath her clothes and other personal items, several thousand dollars for the secondhand Mercedes that Monye planned to buy from a dealer in Cotonou lay under the duffel’s false bottom.
Night Bus 2006
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Beneath her clothes and other personal items, several thousand dollars for the secondhand Mercedes that Monye planned to buy from a dealer in Cotonou lay under the duffel’s false bottom.
Night Bus 2006
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Additional cases have been detected in the capital, Cotonou, which is some 200 kilometres from the epicentre of the outbreak, and Allada, located 100 kilometres north of Cotonou.
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Additional cases have been detected in the capital, Cotonou, which is some 200 kilometres from the epicentre of the outbreak, and Allada, located 100 kilometres north of Cotonou.
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Additional cases have been detected in the capital, Cotonou, which is some 200 kilometres from the epicentre of the outbreak, and Allada, located 100 kilometres north of Cotonou.
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Under Article 96 of the so-called Cotonou Agreement between the EU and African, Caribbean and Pacific states, the EU could cut off aid to the government if talks are rejected.
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