Dahomey
[duh-hoh-mee; French da-aw-mey]
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noun
former name of Benin(def 1).
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The furnace of "Satanic cruelty" had been broken down at Dahomey.
An OutcastF. Colburn Adams
Where was the little king of Dahomey, of whom M. Moronval had spoken so warmly?
JackAlphonse Daudet
Why, his royal Highness,—you know him,—the little king of Dahomey.
JackAlphonse Daudet
All the daily papers published a biography of the little king of Dahomey.
JackAlphonse Daudet
A king of Dahomey escorted to the grave by a procession of Bohemians!
JackAlphonse Daudet
Dahomey
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