Fon
Americannoun
plural
Fons,plural
Fon-
a member of a people living mainly in Benin.
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the Kwa language, very closely related to Ewe, spoken by the Fon people.
Example Sentences
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“I journeyed so long in my mind, but it was so dark in this foreign place,” he intones, in Fon, the nearly eradicated language of Dahomey, “that I lost myself in my dreams.”
From Los Angeles Times
It evolved from a mix of Yoruba, Fon and Bantu beliefs brought to what is now Brazil by enslaved West African people during the colonial expansion of the Portuguese empire, scholars said.
From New York Times
Another Welsh woman to feature on the Forbes list is Dr Sioned Fôn Jones from Waunfawr in Gwynedd.
From BBC
Olwen Fôn Williams, who planned to drive over the bridge on Sunday, told BBC Cymru Fyw she had "never seen such a flood".
From BBC
"It's frustrating on many levels," said club chairman Alun Fôn Williams.
From BBC
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