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Definition of Capital of Benin
1. Noun. The capital of Benin in southwestern part of country on a coastal lagoon.
Generic synonyms: National Capital
Group relationships: Benin, Dahomey, Republic Of Benin
Lexicographical Neighbors of Capital Of Benin
Literary usage of Capital of Benin
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Remarks on the Country Extending from Cape Palmas to the River Congo by John Adams (1823)
"Benin—Gatto creek—The capital of Benin; interview with the king; dancing women;
customs of the natives; population; affinity to the ..."
2. The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Hume Greenfield, Henry Walter Bates (1841)
"... from a belief (as was represented) that the surgeon carried with him the
small-pox! Account of a Visit to the capital of Benin, in the Delta of the ..."
3. The Encyclopædia of Geography: Comprising a Complete Description of the by Hugh Murray, William Wallace, Robert Jameson, William Jackson Hooker, William Swainson, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford (1837)
"The first leading feature is the river Formosa, two miles wide at its mouth ; on
a creek tributary to it lies the capital of Benin. This city is one of the ..."
4. A History of Our Own Times: From 1880 to the Diamond Jubilee by Justin McCarthy (1897)
"Two or three men unarmed could not have captured even the mud-built capital of
Benin. On the other hand there might have been reason why the sovereign of ..."
5. Western Africa: Its History, Condition, and Prospects by John Leighton Wilson (1856)
"The capital of Benin covers a large extent of ground, but does not contain,
according to Captain Adams, more than 15000 inhabitants. ..."
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