Dahomey

The Kingdom of Dahomey (, Fon: Danhɔmɛ, lit. 'In the Belly of Chief Dan' was a West African kingdom located within the present-day Republic of that existed from approximately 1600 until 1904.
Wikipedia
  • Type: Castle
  • Description: 1600–1904 kingdom in West Africa
  • Also known as: “Kingdom of Dahomey” and “Palais royaux d’Abomey”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mougnon.

Village
is an arrondissement in the department of . It is an administrative division under the jurisdiction of the commune of . According to the population census conducted by the Institut National de la Statistique Benin on February 15, 2002, the arrondissement had a total population of 5,478. is situated 6 km north of Dahomey.

Dahomey

Latitude
7.1873° or 7° 11′ 14″ north
Longitude
1.99326° or 1° 59′ 36″ east
Open location code
6FV35XPV+W8
Open­Street­Map ID
way 241153685
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Wiki­data ID
Q468814
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yoruba—“Dahomey” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مملكة داهومي”
  • Armenian: “Դագոմեա”
  • Armenian: “Դագոմեյա”
  • Armenian: “Դահոմեա”
  • Asturian: “Reinu de Dahomey”
  • Azerbaijani: “Dahomeya”
  • Basque: “Dahomey”
  • Basque: “Dahomeyko Erresuma”
  • Bosnian: “Kraljevina Dahomej”
  • Breton: “Dahomey”
  • Bulgarian: “Дахомей”
  • Catalan: “Dahomey”
  • Chinese: “Dahomey”
  • Chinese: “达荷美王国”
  • Czech: “Dahomejské království”
  • Danish: “Dahomey”
  • Dutch: “Koninkrijk Dahomey”
  • Esperanto: “Reĝlando Dahomejo”
  • Esperanto: “Reĝlando Dahomeo”
  • Estonian: “Dahomee”
  • Finnish: “Dahomey”
  • Finnish: “Dahomeyn kuningaskunta”
  • Fon: “Danxomɛ̀ xɔsuɖuto”
  • French: “Dahomé”
  • French: “royaume d’Abomey”
  • French: “royaume de Dahomey”
  • French: “royaume du Dahomey”
  • French: “Royaume du Dahomey”
  • Galician: “Dahomey”
  • Galician: “Reino de Dahomey”
  • German: “Dahome”
  • German: “Dahomé”
  • German: “Königreich Dahomey”
  • Greek: “Βασίλειο της Νταχομέη”
  • Greek: “Δαχομέη”
  • Greek: “Νταχομέη”
  • Gun: “Dahomey”
  • Hausa: “Dahomey”
  • Hebrew: “דהומיי”
  • Hebrew: “ממלכת דהומיי”
  • Hindi: “डाहोमी”
  • Hungarian: “Dahomey királyság”
  • Hungarian: “Dahomey”
  • Icelandic: “Dahómey”
  • Ido: “Dahome”
  • Indonesian: “Dahomey”
  • Indonesian: “Kerajaan Dahomey”
  • Italian: “Dahomey”
  • Italian: “Regno di Dahomey”
  • Japanese: “ダホメー王国”
  • Japanese: “ダホメイ王国”
  • Japanese: “ダホメ王国”
  • Korean: “다호메이 왕국”
  • Korean: “다호메이”
  • Kurdish: “Keyaniya Dahomeyê”
  • Latvian: “Dahomejas karaliste”
  • Lithuanian: “Dagomėja”
  • Lithuanian: “Dahomėjos karalystė”
  • Lithuanian: “Danhomė”
  • Macedonian: “Дахомеј”
  • Macedonian: “Кралство Дахомеј”
  • Malay: “Dahomey”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Dahomey”
  • Nigerian Pidgin: “Dahomey”
  • Northern Frisian: “Dahomey Könangrik”
  • Northern Frisian: “Dahomey”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Dahomé”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kongedømmet Dahomey”
  • Norwegian: “Kongedømmet Dahomey”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Reialme de Dahomey”
  • Persian: “پادشاهی داهومی”
  • Persian: “داهومی”
  • Polish: “Dahomej”
  • Portuguese: “Dahomey”
  • Portuguese: “Daomé”
  • Portuguese: “Daomeano”
  • Portuguese: “Reino de Dahomey”
  • Portuguese: “Reino de Daomé”
  • Portuguese: “Reino do Dahomey”
  • Portuguese: “Reino do Daomé”
  • Romanian: “Dahomey”
  • Russian: “Дагомея”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Kraljevina Dahomej”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Kraljevstvo Dahomej”
  • Slovak: “Dahomejská ríša”
  • Slovenian: “Dahomej”
  • South Azerbaijani: “داهومیا”
  • Spanish: “Reino de Dahomey”
  • Swahili: “Dahomey”
  • Swedish: “Dahomey”
  • Tagalog: “Dahomey”
  • Telugu: “దహోమే”
  • Turkish: “Dahomey Krallığı”
  • Ukrainian: “Дагомея”
  • Urdu: “داهومی”
  • Urdu: “داہومی”
  • Uzbek: “Dagomeya”
  • Venetian: “Dahomey”
  • Vietnamese: “Dahomey”
  • Yoruba: “Ìjọba Dahomey”

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