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Dahomey
[ duh-hoh-mee; French da-aw-mey ]
noun
- former name of Benin ( def 1 ).
- Also called the Kingdom of Dahomey. a former kingdom in what is now southern Benin that existed from around 1600 to 1900.
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Other Words From
- Da·ho·me·an Da·ho·man [d, uh, -, hoh, -m, uh, n], adjective noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Dahomey1
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Example Sentences
We can scarcely regard the persons figuring in the following true story as being very much superior to the King of Dahomey.
In Dahomey the Amazonian guards of the king perform all military duty with equal ease and thoroughness with men.
What we find in germs and remnants elsewhere, grow, in Dahomey, to inordinate and incredible proportions.
The other fled to the Little Popo, an island off the coast of Dahomey, and there settled.
As well might I suppose that your monarchical sympathies deeply interest you in the autocracy of Dahomey and Drfur.
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