Beni

[ be-nee ]

noun

1. a river flowing NE from W Bolivia to the Madeira River. About 600 miles (965 km) long.

Beni

/ ˈbeni /

noun

1. a river in N Bolivia, rising in the E Cordillera of the Andes and flowing north to the Marmoré River. Length: over 1600 km (1000 miles)

Example Sentences

Schellah contains the tombs of the Sultans of the Beni Merini dynasty.

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In answer to this appeal a number of Beni Jerrar Arabs were sent to him, but these also were destroyed almost to a man.

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We find a similar arrangement in the walls of a fortress represented at Beni-Hassan (Fig. 31).

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At Beni-Hassan and elsewhere we find pillars with two or four flat vertical bands dividing their flutes into as many groups.

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At Beni-Hassan, and in several of the Theban tombs, there are representations of the painter at work.

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