Benin
专有名词
英 /bɪˈniːn/|/bɛˈniːn/
美 /bəˈnin/|/bəˈnɪn/
英文释义
专有名词
- A country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey.; People's Republic of Benin, from 1975 to 1990
- A country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey.; Republic of Benin, since 1990
- A historical kingdom in West Africa, in present-day Nigeria.
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Proto-Yoruboid *ú-lí
Yoruba ileder.
Yoruba ì-
Yoruba bí
Proto-Edekiri *ɪ́-nʊ̃́
Proto-Edekiri *ɪ́-lʊ̃́
Yoruba inú
Yoruba ibinuder.
Yoruba ile ibinubor.
Itsekiri Ubinubor.
Portuguese Benimbor.
English Benin
From Portuguese Benim, from Itsekiri Ubinu. The term is first documented in the late 1490s upon Portuguese contact with the Itsekiri Kingdom. The etymology is unclear; it appears Benin was always used as an exonym (probably by the Itsekiri and Yoruba) for the Benin Kingdom, which was always referred to as Ẹ̀dó, and older Ìgòdòmigòdò. The leading hypothesis is that the term originally derived from Yoruba ilẹ̀ ìbínú (“land of anger”), which emerges from a folk myth regarding purported founder of the Benin empire, Oranmiyan, who was a Yoruba prince, who referred to the region by this phrase because of his frustration in ruling the land.
Proto-Yoruboid *ú-lí
Yoruba ileder.
Yoruba ì-
Yoruba bí
Proto-Edekiri *ɪ́-nʊ̃́
Proto-Edekiri *ɪ́-lʊ̃́
Yoruba inú
Yoruba ibinuder.
Yoruba ile ibinubor.
Itsekiri Ubinubor.
Portuguese Benimbor.
English Benin
From Portuguese Benim, from Itsekiri Ubinu. The term is first documented in the late 1490s upon Portuguese contact with the Itsekiri Kingdom. The etymology is unclear; it appears Benin was always used as an exonym (probably by the Itsekiri and Yoruba) for the Benin Kingdom, which was always referred to as Ẹ̀dó, and older Ìgòdòmigòdò. The leading hypothesis is that the term originally derived from Yoruba ilẹ̀ ìbínú (“land of anger”), which emerges from a folk myth regarding purported founder of the Benin empire, Oranmiyan, who was a Yoruba prince, who referred to the region by this phrase because of his frustration in ruling the land.
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