Cotonou

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Cotonou

\kɔ.tɔ.nu\
[kɔ.tɔ.nu] Lyon (France)
[kɔ.tɔ.nu] Vosges (France)

Where it comes from

Du fon Kùtɔ́nû (Cotonou), signifiant « embouchure du fleuve de la mort ».

proper noun

Ville et capitale de facto du Bénin, sa capitale officielle étant Porto-Novo.
metonymically Gouvernement béninois.

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"Cotonou." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/fr/cotonou. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

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

Chicago

"Cotonou." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/fr/cotonou.

BibTeX

@misc{cotonou_2026,
  title = {Cotonou},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fr/cotonou},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}