DY

See also: dy, Dy, dý, dŷ, d.y., d'y, and dy.

Translingual

Symbol

DY

(international standards, obsolete) Former ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Dahomey from 1974 to 1975.
Synonym: DHY (alpha-3)
(international standards, obsolete) Former ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Benin from 1975 to 1977.
Synonyms: DHY (alpha-3 1975–1977), BJ (1977–present)
(international standards) Indeterminately reserved ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Benin.
Synonym: BJ (for general use)

Usage notes

The code was deprecated for general use in favour of BJ two years after the renaming of Dahomey to Benin.
This is an indeterminately reserved code, included as part of ISO 3166-1 due to its use in designating road vehicles under the 1949 Geneva Convention on Road Traffic, and is not endorsed for general use by the ISO. The general-purpose code for Benin is BJ.

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