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Dahomeyan

Dahomeyan adjective: of or pertaining to the state of Dahomey (later, Benin).

Adjective

Dahomeyan (comparative more Dahomeyan, superlative most Dahomeyan)

  1. Of or pertaining to the state of Dahomey (later, Benin).
    • Dahomeyan raiders kidnapped the men first, then returned to her village the next moon for the women and children.2016, Colson Whitehead, The Underground Railroad, Fleet (2017), page 3

Noun

Dahomeyan (plural Dahomeyans)

  1. A native or inhabitant of Dahomey.

Forms of Dahomeyan

Adjective
comparativemore Dahomeyan
superlativemost Dahomeyan
Noun
pluralDahomeyans

Origin of Dahomeyan

From Dahomey + -an.

Questions about Dahomeyan

What does Dahomeyan mean?
Dahomeyan means of or pertaining to the state of Dahomey (later, Benin).
What part of speech is Dahomeyan?
Dahomeyan can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near Dahomeyan in the dictionary

  1. Dahoman
  2. Dahomans
  3. Dahomean
  4. Dahomeans
  5. Dahomey
  6. Dahomeyan
  7. Dahomeyans
  8. dahoon
  9. dahoons
  10. dahs
  11. dahsala

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