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dahomeyan

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
da-home-yan
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining to the state of Dahomey (later, Benin).

noun

A native or inhabitant of Dahomey.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Dahomey + -an.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more Dahomeyan (comparative) most Dahomeyan (superlative) Dahomeyans (plural)

Questions

What does dahomeyan mean?
Of or pertaining to the state of Dahomey (later, Benin).
Where does dahomeyan come from?
From Dahomey + -an.

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