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BIGHT OF BENIN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Bight of Benin mean?
• BIGHT OF BENIN (noun)
The noun BIGHT OF BENIN has 1 sense:
1. a broad indentation of the Gulf of Guinea in western Africa
Familiarity information: BIGHT OF BENIN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A broad indentation of the Gulf of Guinea in western Africa
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Instance hypernyms:
bight (a broad bay formed by an indentation in the shoreline)
Holonyms ("Bight of Benin" is a part of...):
Gulf of Guinea (a gulf off the southwest coast of Africa)
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