1. Cotonou - Noun
2. Cotonou - Proper noun
chief port of Benin on the Bight of Benin
Source: WordNetThe summer I finished my first novel Ghana Must Go, I drove across west Africa: from Accra to Lomé to Cotonou to the deliciously named Ouagadougou. Taiye Selasi
At the beginning of the 19th century, Cotonou (then spelled "Kutonou") was a small fishing village. Source: Internet
BENIN: Coastal erosion threatening to wipe out parts of Cotonou. Source: Internet
In 2014, construction for the railway extension connecting Niamey (Niger) to Cotonou via Parakou (Benin) began and is expected to be completed by 2016. Source: Internet
Houssou Paul, a pilot project funded by the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) revealed that in 40 years, the coast to the east of Cotonou fell by 400 meters. Source: Internet
I did a couple of six-month contracts in the following years, one in Accra, Ghana, and the second in Cotonou, Benin, but I was traveling all over West Africa and learning a lot about how those countries worked. Source: Internet