Etymology

Bena

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Today it means: A member of a Bantu people who live north of Lake Nyasa. Full definition →

Italian Benà ← Hungarian Béna ← Slovak Béňa
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Bena · proper noun1

  1. Slovak · borrowed fromBéňa
  2. Hungarian · borrowed fromBéna
  3. Italian · borrowed fromBenà
  4. English todayBena

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.

Bena · proper noun2

Various place names, etymology shown individually if known.

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