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Bena

Bena noun: a member of a Bantu people who live north of Lake Nyasa.

Noun

Bena (plural Benas or Bena)

  1. A member of a Bantu people who live north of Lake Nyasa.

Proper noun (1)

Bena

  1. The Bantu language of this people.

Proper noun (2)

Bena (plural Benas)

  1. A surname.

Proper noun (3)

Bena

  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.

Proper noun (4)

Bena

  1. An Adamawa language of Nigeria.

Forms of Bena

Noun
pluralBenas
pluralBena
Proper noun
pluralBenas

Origin of Bena

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.

Various place names, etymology shown individually if known.

Questions about Bena

What does Bena mean?
Bena means a member of a Bantu people who live north of Lake Nyasa.
What part of speech is Bena?
Bena can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of Bena?
The plural of Bena is Benas.

Words near Bena in the dictionary

  1. ben-cull
  2. ben-culls
  3. Ben-Gvir
  4. ben-joltram
  5. ben-shie
  6. Bena
  7. benachin
  8. benactyzine
  9. benadamustine
  10. benadrostin
  11. Benadryl

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