Dahomey

English Etymology From en fon dã homè belly of Dã; snake's belly. en Via another language? When was it first attested? Pronunciation en /dəˈhəʊmi/ UK en /dəˈhoʊmi/ US en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Dahomey.wav Southern England Proper noun en Q468814en historical en former kingdom r/West Africa existing from c. 1600–1904 and located in the southern part of present-day c:also/Benin. 360–361 361 The way other children hear tell of Red Riding Hood and Goldilocks, I heard of this ‘Black Sparta’, the noble kingdom of Dahomey, fighting to hold off the French to the very end. en Q798431en historical en @former name of:Benin country r/West Africa ; used from 1958–1975 Republic of Dahomey. Derived terms en Dahomeyan Translations former country in Africa Afrikaans: af Dahomey Albanian: sq Dahomei Amharic: am ዳሆሚ Arabic: ar دَاهُومَيّ f Armenian: hy Դահոմեայ Azerbaijani: az Daqomeya Basque: eu Dahomey Belarusian: be Дагаме́я f Bengali: bn দাহোমি Bulgarian: bg Дахомей m Catalan: ca Dahomey m Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 達荷美 Czech: cs Dahome m Danish: da Dahomey n Dutch: nl Dahomey n Estonian: et Dahomee Finnish: fi Dahomey French: fr Dahomey m Galician: gl Dahomey m Georgian: ka დაჰომეა German: de Dahomey n Greek: el Δαχομέη f Hebrew: he דהומיי f dahomei Hindi: hi डाहोमी Hungarian: hu Dahomey Indonesian: id Dahomey Italian: it Dahomey m Japanese: ja ダホメ Dahome Korean: ko ^다호메이 Latvian: lv Dahomeja f Lithuanian: lt Dahomėja f Macedonian: mk Дахомеј m Malay: ms Dahomey Marathi: mr दहोमी Norwegian: Bokmål: nb Dahomey m Nynorsk: nn Dahomey m Pannonian Rusyn: rsk Дагомей m Persian: fa داهومی dâhomêy Polish: pl Dahomej m Portuguese: pt Daomé m Romanian: ro Dahomey n Russian: ru Дагоме́я f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Дахомеј m Latin: sh Dahomej m Slovak: sk Dahome m Slovene: sl Dahomej m Spanish: es Dahomey m Swedish: sv Dahomey c Tamil: ta டஹோமி Telugu: te దాహోమీ Thai: th ดาโฮมีย์ daa-hoo-mii Turkish: tr Dahomey Ukrainian: uk Дагоме́я f Vietnamese: vi Dahomey Yoruba: yo Ìdàhọ̀mì, yo Dàhọ̀mì