1) Dahomey
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1) State in Africa 2) African republic 3) African country 4) African state 5) Burkina Faso neighbor 6) Capital of Edo State, Nigeria 7) City east of Lagos 8) Country in West Africa 9) Country beginning with B 10) Country in Africa 11) Dahomey 12) Dahomey, now 13) Dahomey, since 1975 14) Dahomey, today
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Benin (n; Bénin, formerly Dahomey), officially the Republic of Benin (République du Bénin), is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Togo to the west, by Nigeria to the east and by Burkina Faso and Niger to the north. A majority of the population live on its small southern coastline on the Bight of Benin, part of the Gulf of Guinea in the...
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country of western Africa. It consists of a narrow wedge of territory extending northward for about 420 miles (675 kilometres) from the Gulf of ... [22 related articles]
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one of the principal historic kingdoms of the western African forest region (fl. 13th–19th century).[7 related articles]
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Country in west Africa, bounded east by Nigeria, north by Niger and Burkina Faso, west by Togo, and south by the Gulf of Guinea. Government The 1990 constitution provides for a president, elected by...
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Former African kingdom 1200-1897, now a province of Nigeria known as Edo; population (1991 est) 2,172,000. It reached the height of its power in the 14th-17th centuries when it ruled the area...
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A republic in western africa, south of niger and between togo and nigeria. Its capital is porto-novo. It was formerly called dahomey. In the 17th century it was a kingdom in the southern area of africa. Coastal footholds were established by the french who deposed the ruler by 1892. It was made a french colony in 1894 and gained independence in 1960...
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[
n] - a country on western coast of Africa
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Republic of Benin noun a country on western coast of Africa; formerly under French control
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(country) Country in west Africa, bounded east by Nigeria, north by Niger and Burkina Faso, west by Togo, and south by the Gulf of Guinea. Government The 1990 constitution provides for a president, elected by universal suffrage for a ...
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(province) Former African kingdom 1200–1897, now a province of Nigeria known as Edo; population (1991 est) 2,172,000. It reached the height of its power in the 14th–17th centuries when it ruled the area between the Niger Delta and Lagos. The province trades in timber and rubber. ...
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Formerly,a republic in W Africa: formerly part of French West Africa; gained independence in 1960. 3,197,000; 44,290 sq. mi. (114,711 sq. km). Cap.: Porto Novo. · a bay in N Gulf of Guinea in W Africa. · a former native kingdom in W Africa: now incorporated into Nigeria. · a river in S Nigeria, flowing into the Bight of Benin.
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