Definition
A person from or inhabitant of Dahomey; also an adjective describing things related to the Dahomey kingdom or its people.
Etymology
Formed from Dahomey with the suffix -an (like 'European' from 'Europe'), following English conventions for creating demonyms and adjectives from place names.
Kelly Says
The -an suffix creates demonyms in English (like Moroccan, Jamaican)—each time we use these words, we're using a naming pattern that's hundreds of years old!
Translations
ARالعربية
داهومي
da-ho-mee
BNবাংলা
দাওমেয়ান
da-o-me-yan
CACatalà
dahomeyà
da-ho-me-ya
CSČeština
Dahomejec
da-ho-me-jec
DADansk
dahomeyaner
da-ho-me-ja-ner
DEDeutsch
Dahomeyer
da-ho-me-jer
ELΕλληνικά
Δαχομεύ
da-ho-me-oo
ESEspañol
dahomeyano
da-ho-mey-a-no
FISuomi
dahomeyalainen
da-ho-me-ja-lai-nen
FRFrançais
dahomey
da-ho-me
GUGU
ડાહોમેયન
da-ho-me-yan
HEעברית
דאхоמייאני
da-ho-me-ya-ni
HIहिन्दी
डाहोमेयानी
da-ho-me-ya-nee
HUMagyar
dahomej
da-ho-mej
IDBahasa Indonesia
dahomey
da-ho-me
ITItaliano
dahomeyano
da-ho-me-ya-no
MSBahasa Melayu
Dahomey
da-ho-me
MYမြန်မာ
ဒါဟိုမီ
da-ho-mee
NLNederlands
Dahomeyaan
da-ho-me-a-an
NONorsk
dahomeyaner
da-ho-me-ja-ner
PLPolski
Dahomejczyk
da-ho-mej-czyk
PTPortuguês
dahomeiano
da-ho-me-ya-no
RORomână
dahomeyan
da-ho-me-yan
RUРусский
дахомейца
da-ho-mey-tsa
SVSvenska
dahomeyan
da-ho-me-jan
SWKiswahili
Dahomey
da-ho-me
TEతెలుగు
డాహోమేయన్
da-ho-me-yan
THไทย
ดาโฮเมียน
da-ho-me-ian
TLTL
Dahomeyano
da-ho-me-ya-no
TRTürkçe
dahomey
da-ho-me
UKУкраїнська
дахомейський
da-ho-me-ys-kyy
VITiếng Việt
người Dahomey
người da-ho-me