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Noun

1. capital of benin, porto novo

the capital of Benin in southwestern part of country on a coastal lagoon

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Porto Novo

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noun
the capital of Benin, in the southwest on a coastal lagoon: formerly a centre of Portuguese settlement and the slave trade. Pop: 253 000 (2005 est)

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Porto Novo

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capital of Benin: seaport on the Gulf of Guinea: pop. 178,000

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Porto Novo

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The capital of Benin, in the southeast part of the country on an inlet of the Bight of Benin. Probably founded in the 1500s, it was settled as a slave-trading center by the Portuguese in the 1600s.

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