Definitions for dahomeydəˈhoʊ mi

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

Da•ho•meydəˈhoʊ mi(n.)

  1. Category: Geography (places)

    Ref: former name of Benin (def. 1). 1

Da•ho′me•an(adj.; n.)

Da•ho′man(adj.; n.)

Princeton's WordNet

  1. Benin, Republic of Benin, Dahomey(noun)

    a country on western coast of Africa; formerly under French control

Wiktionary

  1. Dahomey(ProperNoun)

    A former country in Africa, the former name of Benin

  2. Origin: dã homè ("belly of Dã" or "snake's belly")

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

  1. Dahomey

    a negro kingdom of undefined limits, and under French protectorate, in W. Africa, N. of the Slave Coast; the religious rites of the natives are sanguinary, they offer human victims in sacrifice; is an agricultural country, yields palm-oil and gold dust, and once a great centre of the slave-trade.


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