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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.

Dahomey [dəˈhəʊmɪ]
n
(Placename) the former name (until 1975) of Benin
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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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And the actual direction of the wind was driving him along to the kingdom of Dahomey, among the most savage races, and into the power of a ruler who was in the habit of sacrificing thousands of human victims at his public orgies.
She would have been queen in her own land--and it meant just as much to the cave woman to be a queen in the Stone Age as it does to the woman of today to be a queen now; it's all comparative glory any way you look at it, and if there were only half-naked savages on the outer crust today, you'd find that it would be considerable glory to be the wife a Dahomey chief.
A single farmhouse which I had not seen before is sometimes as good as the dominions of the King of Dahomey.
 
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