Benin (disambiguation)

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Benin stands for:

  • Republic of Benin , today's state of Benin in West Africa
  • Benin sword also Eben , a ceremonial sword of the African ethnic Benin
  • Benin City , a city in Nigeria and the capital of Edo State
  • Kingdom of Benin , a kingdom founded by the Edo peoples in the southwest of today's Nigeria, which was independent until 1897 (not identical to the current state)
  • Republic of Benin (1967) , was a one-day state in the mid-west of what is now Nigeria
  • People's Republic of Benin , predecessor of today's Republic of Benin, West Africa