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Meaning of "Dahomey" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF DAHOMEY

Dahomey  [dəˈhəʊmɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DAHOMEY

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preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Dahomey is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DAHOMEY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Dahomey

Dahomey

Dahomey was an African kingdom which lasted from about 1600 until 1900. Dahomey developed on the Abomey Plateau amongst the Fon people in the early 1600s and became a regional power in the 1700s by conquering key cities on the Atlantic coast. For much of the 18th and 19th centuries, the Kingdom of Dahomey was a key regional state, eventually ending tributary status to the Oyo Empire and being a major location for the Atlantic slave trade, possibly supplying up to 20% of the slaves to Europe and the Americas. The Kingdom of Dahomey was an important regional power that had an organized domestic economy, significant international trade with European powers, a centralized administration, significant taxation systems, and an organized military. Notable in the kingdom were significant artwork, all-female military units known as the Dahomey Amazons, and elaborate religious practices of Vodun with the large festival of the Annual Customs of Dahomey. The Kingdom of Dahomey serves as the context for a number of works of fiction dealing with West African ideas and the slave trade.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DAHOMEY


anomie
ˈænəʊmɪ
anomy
ˈænəʊmɪ
chromy
ˈkrəʊmɪ
cleome
klɪˈəʊmɪ
comby
ˈkəʊmɪ
disomy
daɪˈsəʊmɪ
domy
ˈdəʊmɪ
foamy
ˈfəʊmɪ
heliochromy
ˈhiːlɪəʊˌkrəʊmɪ
homey
ˈhəʊmɪ
homie
ˈhəʊmɪ
homy
ˈhəʊmɪ
Komi
ˈkəʊmɪ
loamy
ˈləʊmɪ
monosomy
ˈmɒnəˌsəʊmɪ
photochromy
ˈfəʊtəʊˌkrəʊmɪ
polychromy
ˈpɒlɪˌkrəʊmɪ
Salome
səˈləʊmɪ
stereochromy
ˈstɛrɪəˌkrəʊmɪ
trisomy
ˈtraɪsəʊmɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DAHOMEY

Dahl
dahlia
Dahna
dahoon
daidle
daidzein
daiker
daikon
dailies
dailiness
daily
daily double
daily help
daily life
dailyness
daimen
daimio
Daimler
Daimoku

WORDS THAT END LIKE DAHOMEY

blimey
cor blimey
costumey
gamey
gorblimey
limey
mamey
Niamey
samey
shimmey
thymey

Synonyms and antonyms of Dahomey in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Dahomey» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DAHOMEY

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The translations of Dahomey from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Dahomey» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

达荷美
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Dahomey
570 millions of speakers

English

Dahomey
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Dahomey
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

داهومي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Дагомея
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Dahomey
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

Dahomey
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Dahomey
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Dahomey
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Dahomey
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ダオメー
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

다호 메이
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Dahomey
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Dahomey
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

டாஹோமியிலிருந்து
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

डहोमेय
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Dahomey
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Dahomey
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Dahomej
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Дагомея
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Dahomey
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Dahomey
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Dahomey
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Dahomey
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Dahomey
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Dahomey

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DAHOMEY»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DAHOMEY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Dahomey

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DAHOMEY»

Discover the use of Dahomey in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Dahomey and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Slavery, Colonialism and Economic Growth in Dahomey, 1640-1960
This book integrates into a single framework Dahomey's pre-colonial, colonial and post-colonial economic history.
Patrick Manning, 2004
2
Dahomey
Traces the history of Dahomey and discusses the people, religions, arts, customs, and modern problems of this African nation that gained independence in 1960.
F. Blanche Foster, 1971
3
Christian Churches in Dahomey-Benin: A Study of Their ...
The Christian churches have played various roles in this struggle. This book is an account of both the historical difficulties of state formation and the role the Churches have played in this process.
Patrick Claffey, 2007
4
Amazons of Black Sparta: The Women Warriors of Dahomey
The only Amazons in history whose existence has been verified via documents and eyewitness accounts are those who fought for the West African kingdom of Dahomey in the 18th and 19th centuries. This book tells their story.
Stanley B. Alpern, 2011
5
Dahomey As It Is: Being a Narrative of Eight Months' ...
The account of the eight months Skertchly, a British entomologist, spent in Dahomey.
J. A. Skertchly, 2011
6
Warrior Women: The Amazons of Dahomey and the Nature of War
Challenging the notion that women never fight in wars, this riveting account of the women warriors of Dahomey reveals how a group of female soldiers stood up to the invading French army.
Robert B. Edgerton, 2000
7
King Guezo of Dahomey, 1850-52: the abolition of the slave ...
Despatches describing in fascinating detail how the British managed to coerce the African chiefs into abandoning their lucrative and flourishing slave trade along the west coast of Africa.
Tim Coates, 2001
8
The Historical Encyclopedia of World Slavery
ocated in West Africa's Bight of Benin re- gion, Dahomey (now Republic of Benin) lies between modern-day Togo and Nigeria and is bordered to the north by Niger and Burkina Faso. Founded on the Abomey Plateau by the Aja people in the ...
Junius P. Rodriguez, 1997
9
Women and War: A Historical Encyclopedia from Antiquity to ...
Female warriors of the Kingdom of Dahomey in West Africa. Enemies of Dahomey described its women warriors as frenzied cannibals, Europeans called them Amazons, and the people of Dahomey knew them as ahosi, or wives of the king, ...
Bernard A. Cook
10
Dahomey: Between Tradition and Modernity
Historical and social analysis of the most politically unstable republic in Africa centers on the conflict between old values and new ideas
Dov Ronen, 1975

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DAHOMEY»

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Cotonou-Niamey : l'expropriation illégale du Groupe Petrolin
Vous parlez de 1920, cette époque le Dahomey était encore sous le ... vin de palme en Sodabi sont bâtus à sang par les français au Dahomey «La Nouvelle Tribune, Jul 15»
2
Racing Through History
The endless stories about the “Amazons” of the African kingdom of Dahomey neatly fit into the leftist myth of a peaceful matriarchal Africa ... «Canada Free Press, Jul 15»
3
Sunday, July 12
1960 - France agrees to independence of Dahomey, Niger, Upper Volta, Ivory Coast, Chad, Central Africa and the Congo. 1967 - Chinese ... «New Zealand Herald, Jul 15»
4
This Day, July 4, In Jewish History by Mitchell A. Levin
1892: Hostilities begin between France the African Kingdom of Dahomey in what was called the Second Franco-Dahomean War in which ... «Cleveland Jewish News, Jul 15»
5
“Songs in the Key of Steven Blier” Benefit to Support Muscular …
... Eubie Blake, and Billy Strayhorn; what Blier describes as a “fabulous” song, “Jonah Man” by Alex Rogers, from In Dahomey, the first all-Black ... «San Francisco Classical Voice, Jul 15»
6
Pulling Down the Slaver Flags of Islam and Africa
The endless stories about the “Amazons” of the African kingdom of Dahomey neatly fit into the leftist myth of a peaceful matriarchal Africa ... «FrontPage Magazine, Jul 15»
7
Le stade Omnisport
Le dimanche suivant, 27 juin 1965, le Dahomey (actuel Benin) subit une hécatombe sur le même stade Omnisports. 6 Buts à 1 en faveur de ... «Agence d'Information d'Afrique Centrale, Jun 15»
8
Panoro Energy ASA: Panoro Energy Announces Rig Contract For …
Aje is an offshore field located in the western part of Nigeria in the Dahomey Basin at the border with Benin, with first oil targeted for December ... «Hydrocarbon Online, Jun 15»
9
Conversation With Baba
Very soon I will be in Dahomey and Gold Coast on a working visit. In Gold Coast, I will meet with Coffee Annan to thank him for ensuring the ... «Leadership Newspapers, Jun 15»
10
Alabama community's bleak history won't be denied
So in 1859, Meaher's two-masted schooner, the Clotilde, sailed to West Africa, where the king of Dahomey — now called Benin — sold him 130 ... «Florida Times-Union, Jun 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Dahomey [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/dahomey>. May 2024 ».
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