"Dahomey" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /dəˈhəʊmi/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Dahomey.wav
Etymology: From Fon dã homè (“belly of Dã; snake's belly”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fon|dã homè||belly of Dã; snake's belly}} Fon dã homè (“belly of Dã; snake's belly”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Dahomey
  1. (historical) A former kingdom in West Africa, existing from c. 1600–1904 and located in the southern part of present-day Benin. Tags: historical Categories (place): Places in Benin
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  2. (historical) Former name of Benin: a country in West Africa; used from 1958–1975. Official name: Republic of Dahomey. Tags: historical Categories (place): Countries in Africa Derived forms: Dahomeyan Translations (former country in Africa): Dahomey (Afrikaans), Dahomei (Albanian), ዳሆሚ (dahomi) (Amharic), دَاهُومَيّ (dāhūmayy) [feminine] (Arabic), Դահոմեայ (Dahomeay) (Armenian), Daqomeya (Azerbaijani), Dahomey (Basque), Дагаме́я (Dahamjéja) [feminine] (Belarusian), দাহোমি (dahōmi) (Bengali), Дахомей (Dahomej) [masculine] (Bulgarian), Dahomey [masculine] (Catalan), 達荷美 /达荷美 (Dáhéměi) (Chinese Mandarin), Dahome [masculine] (Czech), Dahomey [neuter] (Danish), Dahomey [neuter] (Dutch), Dahomee (Estonian), Dahomey (Finnish), Dahomey [masculine] (French), Dahomey [masculine] (Galician), დაჰომეა (dahomea) (Georgian), Dahomey [neuter] (German), Δαχομέη (Dachoméi) [feminine] (Greek), דהומיי (dahomei) [feminine] (Hebrew), डाहोमी (ḍāhomī) (Hindi), Dahomey (Hungarian), Dahomey (Indonesian), Dahomey [masculine] (Italian), ダホメ (Dahome) (Japanese), 다호메이 (Dahomei) (Korean), Dahomeja [feminine] (Latvian), Dahomėja [feminine] (Lithuanian), Дахомеј (Dahomej) [masculine] (Macedonian), Dahomey (Malay), दहोमी (dahomī) (Marathi), Dahomey [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), Dahomey [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), داهومی (dâhomêy) (Persian), Dahomej [masculine] (Polish), Daomé [masculine] (Portuguese), Dahomey [neuter] (Romanian), Дагоме́я (Dagoméja) [feminine] (Russian), Дахомеј [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), Dahomej [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), Dahome [masculine] (Slovak), Dahomej [masculine] (Slovene), Dahomey [masculine] (Spanish), Dahomey [common-gender] (Swedish), டஹோமி (ṭahōmi) (Tamil), దాహోమీ (dāhōmī) (Telugu), ดาโฮมีย์ (daa-hoo-mii) (Thai), Dahomey (Turkish), Дагоме́я (Dahoméja) [feminine] (Ukrainian), Dahomey (Vietnamese), Ìdàhọ̀mì (Yoruba), Dàhọ̀mì (Yoruba)
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    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "former country in Africa",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Dahomej"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "former country in Africa",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Dahome"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "former country in Africa",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Dahomej"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "former country in Africa",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Dahomey"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "former country in Africa",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "Dahomey"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "ṭahōmi",
      "sense": "former country in Africa",
      "word": "டஹோமி"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "dāhōmī",
      "sense": "former country in Africa",
      "word": "దాహోమీ"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "daa-hoo-mii",
      "sense": "former country in Africa",
      "word": "ดาโฮมีย์"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "former country in Africa",
      "word": "Dahomey"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "Dahoméja",
      "sense": "former country in Africa",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Дагоме́я"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "former country in Africa",
      "word": "Dahomey"
    },
    {
      "code": "yo",
      "lang": "Yoruba",
      "sense": "former country in Africa",
      "word": "Ìdàhọ̀mì"
    },
    {
      "code": "yo",
      "lang": "Yoruba",
      "sense": "former country in Africa",
      "word": "Dàhọ̀mì"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Dahomey"
  ],
  "word": "Dahomey"
}

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