Bechuanaland
Britishnoun
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Working primarily with the Nairobi-based outfit Ker, Downey & Selby, he organized expeditions in Kenya before moving to Maun, then part of the British protectorate of Bechuanaland, around 1963.
From Washington Post • Jan. 22, 2018
No, even better—they sound like once-real places from the not-so-distant past, colonial artifacts that you might still find on an outdated thrift-shop globe, alongside Bechuanaland, the Gold Coast, and Trucial Oman.
From Slate • Sep. 22, 2011
Essential to the scheme was the incorporation in South Africa of the three enclaves formed by the British protectorates of Bechuanaland, Basutoland and Swaziland, a fate that the natives of those protectorates strongly resist.
From Time Magazine Archive
In Bechuanaland, at Taungs, in a limestone quarry, was found a fossil skull.
From Time Magazine Archive
Between Bechuanaland and the northwestern Transvaal, dozens of unmarked roads traverse the border, and Cecil knew just which ones to take.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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