Fon
Americannoun
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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.
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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 ● Dec. 2, 2024
The Dahomey, also called the Fon, in West Africa traditionally believed that women had three souls and men had four.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 14, 2023
On Thursday, Plai Fon went to the Young Children’s Development Center, where the walls are adorned with cheerful pictures of flowers and butterflies.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 8, 2022
In Candomblé, which mixes Yoruba, Fon and Bantu beliefs, initiations typically require people to remain secluded for around 21 days: “I had no way of contacting the outside world.”
From New York Times ● Apr. 7, 2022
"The same to you and yours!" baaed Billy as he, his family and friends filed out the gate and started on a run toward their old home in Fon du Lac, Wisconsin.
From Billy Whiskers' Adventures by Hawthorne, Paul
“The problem isn’t the font, it’s the herd mentality,” said Fons Mans, founder of the Dutch design studio Offgrid.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2025
She shared the prize, for her career spanning more than 40 years in stage, film and television, with director and writer Jorge Fons.
From BBC ● Jan. 1, 2024
He is also the first Belgian to win an individual time trial in the Vuelta since Fons De Wolf in Valladolid in 1979.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 30, 2022
"Their collective quick response to this emergency, including notification of 911, was absolutely pivotal in saving this baby’s life," the city’s acting police chief, August Fons, said earlier this week.
From Fox News ● Jan. 14, 2022
Fons started off with the kite in hand and Laurens still had the beautiful implements.
From The Independence Day Horror at Killsbury by Coolidge, Asenath Carver
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