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Benita

See also: benita

English

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Etymology

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    Borrowed from Spanish Benita.

    Proper noun

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    Benita

    1. A female given name from Spanish.
      • 1931 March 4, “Daughter Ends Life over Gordon Murder. […]”, in The New York Times‎[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:
        Benita Bischoff, the 16-year-old daughter of Vivian Gordon, the vice inquiry witness who was found strangled in Van Cortlandt Park, committed suicide in Audubon, N.J., yesterday by inhaling gas.
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      • 1967 August 27, “Benita Bryant Married To Peter Brian Trinkle”, in The New York Times‎[2], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:
        The chapel of the Episcopal Church of the Heavenly Rest was the setting yesterday afternoon for the wedding of Miss Benita Parker Bryant and Peter Brian Trinkle. The couple’s parents are Mr. and Mrs. A. Parker Bryant of Palm Beach, Fla., and Mr. and Mrs. Peter Trinkle of Fareham, Hampshire, England.
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      • 2025 October 25, Jonathan Kandell, “Benita Valente, Acclaimed Bel Canto Soprano, Is Dead at 91”, in The New York Times‎[3], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 25 October 2025:
        Benita Valente was born on Oct. 19, 1934, in Delano, Calif., in the San Joaquin Valley, where her parents owned a dairy farm and grew cotton.

    Faroese

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    Proper noun

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    Benita f

    1. a female given name

    Usage notes

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    Matronymics

    • Benita's son: Benituson
    • Benita's daughter: Benitudóttir

    Declension

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    singular
    indefinite
    nominative Benita
    accusative Benitu
    dative Benitu
    genitive Benitu

    Latvian

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    Etymology

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    First recorded as a given name of Latvians in the end of the 19th century. From Spanish Benita.

    Proper noun

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    Benita f

    1. a female given name

    References

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    • Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, →ISBN
    • [4] Population Register of Latvia: Benita was the only given name of 1103 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010.

    Spanish

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    Etymology

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    Feminine form of Benito, from Latin Benedictus. Equivalent to the rare English Benedicta.

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /beˈnita/ [beˈni.t̪a]
    • Rhymes: -ita
    • Syllabification: Be‧ni‧ta

    Proper noun

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    Benita f

    1. a female given name
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