"Dahomey" meaning in Français

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Proper name

IPA: \da.o.mɛ\
  1. Ancien royaume fon d’Afrique de l’Ouest, situé dans le Sud du Bénin actuel, entre le XVIIᵉ siècle et la fin du XIXᵉ siècle.
    Sense id: fr-Dahomey-fr-name-AqFCteBU Categories (other): Exemples en français
  2. Ancien nom de la colonie française du Bénin, colonie française de 1894 à 1958.
    Sense id: fr-Dahomey-fr-name-QxU027mf
  3. Ancien nom du Bénin, État associé de la France de 1958 à 1960 et État indépendant à partir de 1960 avant d’être renommé « Bénin » en 1975 en raison de son association avec le groupe ethnique majoritaire Fon.
    Sense id: fr-Dahomey-fr-name-XPFDqEvJ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Danxomè, Danxomɛ Translations: Dahomey (Allemand), Dahomey (Anglais), داهومی (dāhūmayy) (Arabe), Dahomey (Basque), Дахомей (Dakhomej) (Bulgare), Dahomey (Catalan), 达荷美 (Dáhéměi) (Chinois), 다호메이 (Dahomei) (Coréen), Dahomej (Croate), Dahomey (Danois), Dahomey (Espagnol), Dahomee (Estonien), Dahomey (Finnois), Dahomey (Galicien), Δαχομέη (Dakhoméi) (Grec), Dahomey (Hongrois), דהומיי (dahomey) (Hébreu), Dahomey [masculine] (Italien), ダホメ (Dahome) (Japonais), Benina (Kotava), Dahomeja (Letton), Dahomėja (Lituanien), Дахомеј (Dahomej) (Macédonien), Dahomey (Norvégien), Dahomey (Néerlandais), داهومی (Persan), Dahomej (Polonais), Daomé (Portugais), Dahomey (Roumain), Дагомея (Russe), Дахомеј (Serbe), Dahome (Slovaque), Dahomej (Slovène), Dahomey (Suédois), Dahome (Tchèque), Dahomey (Turc), Дагомея (Ukrainien), Dahomey (Vietnamien)
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      "word": "Dahomeja"
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      "word": "Dahomėja"
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      "word": "Dahomey"
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      "word": "Дахомеј"
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    {
      "lang": "Tchèque",
      "lang_code": "cs",
      "word": "Dahome"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Turc",
      "lang_code": "tr",
      "word": "Dahomey"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Ukrainien",
      "lang_code": "uk",
      "word": "Дагомея"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Vietnamien",
      "lang_code": "vi",
      "word": "Dahomey"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Dahomey"
}

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