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
This is the second location for owner Fon Spaulding, who opened her first location in South Lake Union in 2017.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 6, 2022
Some of those who advocate English-speaking Cameroon's secession have never forgiven Fon Angwafor III for supporting unification.
From BBC • Jun. 8, 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
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