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Dahomey
[ duh-hoh-mee; French da-aw-mey ]
noun
- former name of Benin ( def 1 ).
- Also called the Kingdom of Dahomey. a former kingdom in what is now southern Benin that existed from around 1600 to 1900.
Dahomey
/ dəˈhəʊmɪ /
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Other Words From
- Da·ho·me·an Da·ho·man [d, uh, -, hoh, -m, uh, n], adjective noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Dahomey1
First recorded in 1780–90; from Fon dã homè; literally, “belly of Da, snake's belly”
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Example Sentences
We can scarcely regard the persons figuring in the following true story as being very much superior to the King of Dahomey.
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In Dahomey the Amazonian guards of the king perform all military duty with equal ease and thoroughness with men.
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What we find in germs and remnants elsewhere, grow, in Dahomey, to inordinate and incredible proportions.
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The other fled to the Little Popo, an island off the coast of Dahomey, and there settled.
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As well might I suppose that your monarchical sympathies deeply interest you in the autocracy of Dahomey and Drfur.
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