Dahomey

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专有名词
  1. A former kingdom in West Africa, existing from c. 1600–1904 and located in the southern part of present-day Benin. historical
    — 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.
  2. Former name of Benin: a country in West Africa; used from 1958–1975. Official name: Republic of Dahomey. historical

词源

From Fon dã homè (“belly of Dã; snake's belly”).
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