Posted on August 22, 2010.
Deann Heathman says...
This information below is copied from the link at the bottom. Click on the link for more information about Benin.
Name Benin
During the colonial period and at independence, the country was known as Dahomey. It was renamed on November 30, 1975, to Benin after the body of water on which the country lies, the Bight of Benin, which had in turn been named after the Benin Empire. The country of Benin has no direct connection to Benin City in modern Nigeria, nor to the Benin bronzes.
The new name, Benin, was chosen for its neutrality. Dahomey was the name of the former Kingdom of Dahomey, which covered only the southern third of the present country and therefore did not represent the northwestern sector Atakora nor the kingdom of Borgu, which covered the northeastern third
.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benin
Posted on August 25, 2010
What I Am Asking Is What Does Benin gold does it stand for Have A Meaning? What did "derived from? Does It Have A French, Dutch or Portuguese Meaning? Or is it African?