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Bena¹

noun Benas · Bena

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

proper noun

  1. The Bantu language of this people.

Bena²

Where it comes from

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.

proper noun Benas

  1. A surname.

Bena³

Where it comes from

Various place names, etymology shown individually if known.

proper noun

  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.

Bena⁴

proper noun

  1. An Adamawa language of Nigeria.

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"Bena." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/bena. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

Bena. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/bena

Chicago

"Bena." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/bena.

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@misc{bena_2026,
  title = {Bena},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bena},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}