DHY

Translingual

Symbol

DHY

1. (international standards, obsolete) Former ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code for Dahomey from 1974 to 1975.

   Synonym: DY (alpha-2)

2. (international standards, obsolete) Former ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code for Benin from 1975 to 1977.

   Synonyms: DY (alpha-2 1975–1977), BEN (1977–present)

Usage notes

The code was deprecated for general use in favour of BEN two years after the renaming of Dahomey to Benin.