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Dahomey
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Da·ho·mey  (d-hm, dä-ô-m)
See Benin.

Da·home·an (d-hm-n), Da·homan (-mn) adj. & n.
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Noun1.DahomeyDahomey - a country on western coast of Africa; formerly under French control
capital of Benin, Porto Novo - the capital of Benin in southwestern part of country on a coastal lagoon
Cotonou - chief port of Benin on the Bight of Benin
Africa - the second largest continent; located to the south of Europe and bordered to the west by the South Atlantic and to the east by the Indian Ocean
Niger, Niger River - an African river; flows into the South Atlantic
Beninese - a native or inhabitant of Benin
Ewe - a member of a people living in southern Benin and Togo and southeastern Ghana


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See, for instance, pictures of Dahomean kings (1970, Dahomey Scott 271-4),and Guinea's martyrs and heroes of Africa (1962, Guinea Scott 258-62).
Phillis Gershator, reteller Only One Cowry: A Dahomean Tale; illus.
In his Dahomean Narrative, scholar Melville Herskovits mentions a trickster figure named "Aflakete.
 
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