What does the Be represent in the portmanteau Benelux?
Quidditch Benelux French, Dutch, German and Luxembourgish, offering at any time translation or interpretation services when needed. The Benelux Cup is the yearly, culminating competition for the Benelux. As the IQA is going through its reorganization, it is unknown what the tournament structure for the 2014/2015 season and beyond will be, but it is speculated that there will be an invite-only European Championship where the Benelux Cup will be one of the qualifying tournaments. Belgium The Netherlands International Quidditch Association Quidditch Benelux Quidditch Benelux is the informal organization of quidditch within the Benelux, consisting of the three member organizations of Belgium Muggle
Portmanteau more existing words that all relate to a singular concept. A portmanteau also differs from a compound, which does not involve the truncation of parts of the stems of the blended words. For instance, "starfish" is a compound, not a portmanteau, of "star" and "fish"; whereas a hypothetical portmanteau of "star" and "fish" might be "stish". The word "portmanteau" was first used in this sense by Lewis Carroll in the book "Through the Looking-Glass" (1871), in which Humpty Dumpty explains to Alice the coinage of the unusual words in "Jabberwocky", where "slithy" means "slimy and lithe" and "mimsy" is "miserable