Benin (Benin`) , a densely populated and fertile country in W. Africa, between the Niger and Dahomey, with a city and river of the name; forms part of what was once a powerful kingdom; yields palm-oil, rice, maize, sugar, cotton, and tobacco.
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
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