diff --git a/searx/data/engine_traits.json b/searx/data/engine_traits.json
index db7c428aa..945ed2644 100644
--- a/searx/data/engine_traits.json
+++ b/searx/data/engine_traits.json
@@ -2020,7 +2020,56 @@
     "custom": {},
     "data_type": "supported_languages",
     "languages": {},
-    "regions": {},
+    "regions": {
+      "ar-AE": "ar_AE",
+      "ar-EG": "ar_EG",
+      "ar-SA": "ar_SA",
+      "de-AT": "de_AT",
+      "de-CH": "de_CH",
+      "de-DE": "de_DE",
+      "el-GR": "el_GR",
+      "en-AU": "en_AU",
+      "en-CA": "en_CA",
+      "en-GB": "en_GB",
+      "en-HK": "en_HK",
+      "en-IE": "en_IE",
+      "en-IN": "en_IN",
+      "en-NG": "en_NG",
+      "en-PH": "en_PH",
+      "en-PK": "en_PK",
+      "en-SG": "en_SG",
+      "en-US": "en_US",
+      "en-ZA": "en_ZA",
+      "es-AR": "es_AR",
+      "es-ES": "es_ES",
+      "es-MX": "es_MX",
+      "fr-BE": "fr_BE",
+      "fr-CA": "fr_CA",
+      "fr-CH": "fr_CH",
+      "fr-CI": "fr_CI",
+      "fr-FR": "fr_FR",
+      "fr-MA": "fr_MA",
+      "fr-SN": "fr_SN",
+      "fr-TN": "fr_TN",
+      "id-ID": "id_ID",
+      "it-CH": "it_CH",
+      "it-IT": "it_IT",
+      "ja-JP": "ja_JP",
+      "ko-KR": "ko_KR",
+      "ms-MY": "ms_MY",
+      "nl-BE": "nl_BE",
+      "nl-NL": "nl_NL",
+      "pl-PL": "pl_PL",
+      "pt-BR": "pt_BR",
+      "pt-PT": "pt_PT",
+      "ro-RO": "ro_RO",
+      "ru-RU": "ru_RU",
+      "th-TH": "th_TH",
+      "tr-TR": "tr_TR",
+      "vi-VN": "vi_VN",
+      "zh-CN": "zh_CN",
+      "zh-TW": "zh_TW"
+    },
     "supported_languages": [
       "ar_AA",
       "ar_AE",
diff --git a/searx/engines/dailymotion.py b/searx/engines/dailymotion.py
index 7dd84dd27..1da3f4e0e 100644
--- a/searx/engines/dailymotion.py
+++ b/searx/engines/dailymotion.py
@@ -10,8 +10,9 @@ import time
 import babel
 
 from searx.exceptions import SearxEngineAPIException
-from searx.network import raise_for_httperror
+from searx import network
 from searx.utils import html_to_text
+from searx.enginelib.traits import EngineTraits
 
 # about
 about = {
@@ -123,7 +124,7 @@ def response(resp):
     if 'error' in search_res:
         raise SearxEngineAPIException(search_res['error'].get('message'))
 
-    raise_for_httperror(resp)
+    network.raise_for_httperror(resp)
 
     # parse results
     for res in search_res.get('list', []):
@@ -171,3 +172,41 @@ def response(resp):
 def _fetch_supported_languages(resp):
     response_json = resp.json()
     return [item['locale'] for item in response_json['list']]
+
+
+def fetch_traits(engine_traits: EngineTraits):
+    """Fetch regions from dailymotion.
+
+    There are duplications in the locale codes returned from Dailymotion which
+    can be ignored::
+
+      en_EN --> en_GB, en_US
+      ar_AA --> ar_EG, ar_AE, ar_SA
+
+    """
+    # pylint: disable=import-outside-toplevel
+
+    engine_traits.data_type = 'supported_languages'  # deprecated
+
+    from searx.locales import region_tag
+
+    resp = network.get('https://api.dailymotion.com/locales')
+    if not resp.ok:
+        print("ERROR: response from peertube is not OK.")
+
+    for item in resp.json()['list']:
+        eng_tag = item['locale']
+        if eng_tag in ('en_EN', 'ar_AA'):
+            continue
+        try:
+            sxng_tag = region_tag(babel.Locale.parse(eng_tag))
+        except babel.UnknownLocaleError:
+            print("ERROR: item unknown --> %s" % item)
+            continue
+
+        conflict = engine_traits.regions.get(sxng_tag)
+        if conflict:
+            if conflict != eng_tag:
+                print("CONFLICT: babel %s --> %s, %s" % (sxng_tag, conflict, eng_tag))
+            continue
+        engine_traits.regions[sxng_tag] = eng_tag