Dahomey
noun
former name of Benin.
Dahoman
-
a word derived from
Dahomey.
Example Sentences
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The Dahoman general staff thereupon ordered the army's so-called force de frappe, which consists of six old armored cars and 200 men in World War I helmets, to roll toward Cotonou.
From Time Magazine Archive
While many a Dahoman politician still consults his feticheur as he would a staff aide, General Soglo's own particular fetishes were not of the traditional kind.
From Time Magazine Archive
This would have been wretched policy indeed; which, had it been adopted, the Dahoman name would have long ago been extinguished, instead of becoming as it is at this day, the terror of surrounding nations.
From The Journal of Negro History, Volume 1, January 1916 by Various
Notes on Certain Matters connected with the Dahoman.
From The Life of Sir Richard Burton by Thomas Wright
In the name of my ancestors and myself, I aver, that no Dahoman ever embarked in war merely for the sake of procuring wherewithal to purchase your commodities.
From The Journal of Negro History, Volume 1, January 1916 by Various
