| Definition of 'dahomey' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) Benin, Republic of Benin, Dahomey
a country on western coast of Africa; formerly under French control
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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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