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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • A city of southern Benin on the Bight of Benin. The largest city in the country, it is a seaport and commercial center.

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  • proper noun The de facto capital of Benin.

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  • noun chief port of Benin on the Bight of Benin

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Examples

  • Earlier today, I spoke to two Beninese men I know here in Cotonou who happen to be from an adjacent village.

    Boing Boing 2009

  • Mrs Houessou and Mrs. Gandaho want to start a small shop in Cotonou, Benin to feed their four children properly.

    Global Voices in English » Can social media help make microfinance sustainable? 2009

  • An investigation is ongoing, I'm told by a source in Cotonou familiar with the case.

    Boing Boing 2009

  • Beneath her clothes and other personal items, several thousand dollars for the secondhand Mercedes that Monye planned to buy from a dealer in Cotonou lay under the duffel’s false bottom.

    Night Bus 2006

  • Beneath her clothes and other personal items, several thousand dollars for the secondhand Mercedes that Monye planned to buy from a dealer in Cotonou lay under the duffel’s false bottom.

    Night Bus 2006

  • Beneath her clothes and other personal items, several thousand dollars for the secondhand Mercedes that Monye planned to buy from a dealer in Cotonou lay under the duffel’s false bottom.

    Night Bus 2006

  • Additional cases have been detected in the capital, Cotonou, which is some 200 kilometres from the epicentre of the outbreak, and Allada, located 100 kilometres north of Cotonou.

    Scoop Audio and Video Podcast 2010

  • Additional cases have been detected in the capital, Cotonou, which is some 200 kilometres from the epicentre of the outbreak, and Allada, located 100 kilometres north of Cotonou.

    Scoop Audio and Video Podcast 2010

  • Additional cases have been detected in the capital, Cotonou, which is some 200 kilometres from the epicentre of the outbreak, and Allada, located 100 kilometres north of Cotonou.

    Scoop Audio and Video Podcast 2010

  • Under Article 96 of the so-called Cotonou Agreement between the EU and African, Caribbean and Pacific states, the EU could cut off aid to the government if talks are rejected.

    Deutsche Welle: DW-WORLD.DE 2008

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