350px|The Mino around 1890 The Mino, or Minon, which means " our mothers", called Dahomey Amazons by European writers, were a Fon all-female military regiment of the Kingdom of Dahomey which existed until 1904. They were so named by Western observers and historians due to their similarity to the mythical Amazons of ancient Anatolia and the Black Sea.
350px|The Mino around 1890 The Dahomey Amazons (Fon:"Mino" or "Minon " ) were a Fon all-female military regiment of the Kingdom of Dahomey which existed until 1904. They were so named by Western observers and historians due to their similarity to the mythical Amazons of ancient Anatolia and the Black Sea.
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Mino, or Minon, which means
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our mothers", called Dahomey Amazons by European writers,
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