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Definition of Fon in English: FonnounPlural Fonsfɒnfän 1A member of a people inhabiting the southern part of Benin. Example sentencesExamples - Worsening relations between expansionist France and the warlike Fon of the West African kingdom of Dahomey came to a head in 1890.
- The most obvious African kin of Caribbean religions are the practices of the Yoruba and the Fon.
- The Fon (founders of the Dahomey kingdom) are the largest group.
- The Asante, Ewe, Fon and Fante peoples provided the bulk of imports into Barbados.
2mass noun The language of the Fon, belonging to the Kwa group, with about 1 million speakers. Example sentencesExamples - She is a three-time Grammy nominee who sings in English, French and two African languages, Yoruba and Fon.
- Fifty percent of the population speaks Fon.
- The two major languages in the south are Fon and Yoruba.
- Kidjo sings primarily in the West African languages of Fon and Yoruba.
adjectivefɒnfän Relating to the Fon or their language. Example sentencesExamples - For in talking about his native Fon tribe, Olympe is talking about language in general and about writing novels in particular.
- The six Yoruba markings (three on each cheek), and the ten Fon markings (two on each cheek, temples, and forehead) are readily discernible.
- He painted Avlekete, the Fon spirit of the sea, outside, next to the wall of juxtaposed African and African Diaspora Vodun symbols.
- Meanwhile captive Fon dignitaries, hoping to secure a French withdrawal, suggested Behanzin's brother Goutchile (later renamed Agoli-Agbo) as a puppet king.
- It was also possible in some societies, such as the Fon kingdom of Dahomey or the Igbo, for a woman to acquire the rights of a husband over another woman.
- The traditional dances of the Fon people are well-known.
- Other subjects are diverse: the slave trade to Tsarist Russia, Fon proverbs, and the heritage of the slave trade in the literature of areas that received large slave populations.
- For the Fon people, the primacy of Eshu (whom they call Legba) comes about through his linguistic ability, his proficiency at communicating.
- The puppets wear the clothing and regalia of Fon chiefs, attesting to the interethnic community of Nago and Fon peoples.
- Today Benin includes not only the ancient Fon kingdom of Dahomey but also areas inhabited by many other groups.
- I know that the Fon tribe are inclined to construct interminable systems of analogies between events or between people.
Definition of Fon in US English: Fonnounfän 1A member of a people inhabiting the southern part of Benin. Example sentencesExamples - Worsening relations between expansionist France and the warlike Fon of the West African kingdom of Dahomey came to a head in 1890.
- The most obvious African kin of Caribbean religions are the practices of the Yoruba and the Fon.
- The Asante, Ewe, Fon and Fante peoples provided the bulk of imports into Barbados.
- The Fon (founders of the Dahomey kingdom) are the largest group.
2The Kwa language of the Fon. Example sentencesExamples - Fifty percent of the population speaks Fon.
- The two major languages in the south are Fon and Yoruba.
- Kidjo sings primarily in the West African languages of Fon and Yoruba.
- She is a three-time Grammy nominee who sings in English, French and two African languages, Yoruba and Fon.
adjectivefän Relating to the Fon or their language. Example sentencesExamples - Today Benin includes not only the ancient Fon kingdom of Dahomey but also areas inhabited by many other groups.
- Other subjects are diverse: the slave trade to Tsarist Russia, Fon proverbs, and the heritage of the slave trade in the literature of areas that received large slave populations.
- He painted Avlekete, the Fon spirit of the sea, outside, next to the wall of juxtaposed African and African Diaspora Vodun symbols.
- Meanwhile captive Fon dignitaries, hoping to secure a French withdrawal, suggested Behanzin's brother Goutchile (later renamed Agoli-Agbo) as a puppet king.
- The traditional dances of the Fon people are well-known.
- The six Yoruba markings (three on each cheek), and the ten Fon markings (two on each cheek, temples, and forehead) are readily discernible.
- For in talking about his native Fon tribe, Olympe is talking about language in general and about writing novels in particular.
- It was also possible in some societies, such as the Fon kingdom of Dahomey or the Igbo, for a woman to acquire the rights of a husband over another woman.
- For the Fon people, the primacy of Eshu (whom they call Legba) comes about through his linguistic ability, his proficiency at communicating.
- The puppets wear the clothing and regalia of Fon chiefs, attesting to the interethnic community of Nago and Fon peoples.
- I know that the Fon tribe are inclined to construct interminable systems of analogies between events or between people.
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