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- proper noun A major city in southern
Benin .
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Examples
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In the Benin, it was because of my friendship with the old king of Abomey.
INVISIBLE HUGUES DE MONTALEMBERT 2010
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In the Benin, it was because of my friendship with the old king of Abomey.
INVISIBLE HUGUES DE MONTALEMBERT 2010
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In the Benin, it was because of my friendship with the old king of Abomey.
INVISIBLE HUGUES DE MONTALEMBERT 2010
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They are the main city of Cotonou, the political capital Porto-Novo, and Parakou and Abomey, strongholds of the opposition Democratic
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Other principal towns include Abomey, Ouidah, and Parakou. continue at Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition.
Benin The World Factbook 2008
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Long lines of Dahomians were hurrying along the roads from the country into the capital, Abomey.
Robur the Conqueror 2003
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Dahomey ruler Agaja embarked on conquest of smaller and older polities in area of Abomey, greatly increasing the power of the state.
1724-27 2001
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On the sixth the sacrifice was over: -- the divinity was appeased, and quiet reigned again in the streets of Abomey.
Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver Theodore Canot
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On the fourth day the party reached the great capital of Abomey, to which the king had come for the bloody festival from his residence at
Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver Theodore Canot
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Many days journey to the north-east of Abomey, the old capital of Dahomey, lies the kingdom of Eyeo.
Chapter 24. The Killing of the Divine King. § 2. Kings killed when their Strength fails 1922
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