ABOMEY  , See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital of the See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient See also:

• KINGDOM

kingdom of See also:

• DAHOMEY (Fr. Dahome)

Dahomey, See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

West See also:

• AFRICA
• AFRICA, ROMAN

Africa, now included in the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French See also:

• COLONY (Lat. colonia, from colonus, a cultivator)

colony of the same name . It is 7o m . N. by See also:

• RAIL

rail of the seaport of Kotonu, and has a See also:

• POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population of about 15,000 . Abomey is built on a See also:

• ROLLING

rolling See also:

• PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

plain, 800 ft. above See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea-level, terminating in See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short bluffs to the N.W., where it is bounded by a See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long depression . The See also:

• TOWN

town was surrounded by a mud See also:

• WALL (O. Eng. weal, weall, Mid. Eng. wal, wane, adapted from Lat. vallum, rampart; the original O. Eng. word for a wall was wag or tenth)
• WALL, RICHARD (1694-1778)

wall, pierced by six See also:

• GATES, HORATIO (1728-1806)

gates, and was further protected by a ditch 5 ft. deep, filled with a dense growth of prickly See also:

• ACACIA

acacia, the usual See also:

• DEFENCE
• DEFENCE (Lat. defendere, to defend)

defence of West See also:

• AFRICAN

African strongholds . Within the walls, which had a circumference of six See also:

• MILES, NELSON APPLETON (1839— )

miles, were villages separated by See also:

• FIELDS, JAMES THOMAS (1817-1881)

fields, several royal palaces, a See also:

• MARKET (Lat. mercatus, trade or place of trade)

market-See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place and a large square containing the See also:

• BARRACKS (derived through the French from the Late Lat. barra, a bar)
• BARRACKS, CAMP

barracks . In See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1892, Bchanzin, the See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king of Dahomey, being defeated by the French, set See also:

• FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

fire to Abomey and fled northward . Under French See also:

• ADMINISTRATION (Lat. administrare, to serve)

administration the town has been rebuilt, placed (1905) in railway communication with the See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast, and given an ample See also:

• WATER

water See also:

• SUPPLY (through Fr. from Lat. supplere, to fill up)

supply by the sinking of artesian See also:

• WELLS
• WELLS, CHARLES JEREMIAH (1798?–1879)
• WELLS, DAVID AMES (1828—1898)
• WELLS, HERBERT GEORGE (1866— )
• WELLS, SIR THOMAS SPENCER, 1ST BART

wells .