Whydah
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Whydah may refer in English to:
- The Viduidae birds, also called indigobirds
- OuidahOuidahOuidah , also Whydah or Juda, is a city on the Atlantic coast of Benin.The commune covers an area of 364 square kilometres and as of 2002 had a population of 76,555 people.-History:...
, city and colonial fort in present Benin - Kingdom of WhydahKingdom of WhydahThe Kingdom of Whydah , sometimes written Hueda, was a kingdom on the coast of West Africa in the boundaries of the modern nation of Benin. Between 1677 and 1681 it was conquered by the Akwamu a member of the Akan people. It was a major slave trading post...
, which included Ouidah but was headquartered in Savi - Whydah GallyWhydah GallyThe Whydah Gally was the flagship of the pirate "Black Sam" Bellamy. The ship sank in a storm off Cape Cod on April 26, 1717, taking Bellamy and the majority of his crew with it.-History:...
, galley-style ship captained by pirate "Black Sam" Bellamy