Bena

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noun

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

OriginItalian Benà ← Hungarian Béna ← Slovak Béňa →
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Meanings

Bena1

nounBena (plural Benas or Bena)

plural Benas

  1. A member of a Bantu people who live north of Lake Nyasa.
proper noun
  1. The Bantu language of this people.

Bena2

proper nounBena (plural Benas)

plural Benas

  1. A surname.

Bena3

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.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
wabena

Origin

Bena · proper noun

  1. SlovakBéňa
  2. HungarianBéna
  3. ItalianBenà
  4. EnglishBena

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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Bena · proper noun

Various place names, etymology shown individually if known.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

Bena. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bena

MLA

“Bena.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bena. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Bena,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bena.

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