Abomey
[ ab-uh-mey, uh-boh-mee ]
/ ˌæb əˈmeɪ, əˈboʊ mi /
noun
a city in SW Benin.
Example sentences from the Web for abomey
Da was, two hundred and fifty years ago, the king of the city of Abomey.
By Sheer Pluck |G. A. HentyOn the sixth the sacrifice was over:—the divinity was appeased, and quiet reigned again in the streets of Abomey.
Captain Canot |Brantz MayerBehanzin set fire to Abomey (entered by the French troops on the 17th of November) and fled north.
During nine months of the year the climate is tempered by a sea-breeze, which is felt as far inland as Abomey 735 (60 m.).