Benʹdemeer.

A river that flows near the ruins of Chilʹminarʹ or Istacharʹ, in the province of Chusistanʹ in Persia.

“There’s a bower of roses by Bendemeer’s stream,

And the nightingale sings round it all the day long.”


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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

Benaiah
Benares
Benbow (Admiral)
Benbow
Bench
Bench
Bench and Bar
Benchers
Bend
Bend Sinister
Bendemeer
Bender
Bendigo
Bendy (Old)
Benedicite
Benedick
Benedict
Benedictines
Benefice
Benefit of Clergy
Benen-geli