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bena

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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

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Definition of bena

8 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

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

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

name

  1. The Bantu language of this people.
  2. A surname.
  3. An unincorporated community in Kern County, California, United States.
  4. A minor city in Cass County, Minnesota, United States.
  5. A village in Kebbi state, north-west Nigeria.
  6. A small town in South Gippsland, Victoria, Australia; from an Aboriginal name for the lyrebird.
  7. An Adamawa language of Nigeria.

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Etymology

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.

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