Italian Somaliland
Americannoun
noun
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It was a British protectorate - known as British Somaliland - until it merged with Italian Somaliland in 1960 to form the Somali Republic.
From BBC ● Dec. 29, 2025
The pilgrimage was made to top off an East African tour which His Royal Highness has just made through Italian Somaliland.
From Time Magazine Archive
Less than 30 years ago, Aden Abdullah Osman was a houseboy for a minor Italian official in Italian Somaliland, a barren land on Africa's bulging eastern coast.
From Time Magazine Archive
There were also disturbing whispers that Britain was planning to mold a Greater Somaliland out of British and Italian Somaliland, with a slice of Ethiopia included.
From Time Magazine Archive
He explained that many of the countries, like Siam and Italian Somaliland, no longer existed in the same way; the names had changed by now.
From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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