British Somaliland

American  

noun

1. a former British protectorate in eastern Africa, on the Gulf of Aden: now the northern part of Somalia.

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British Somaliland British  

noun

1. a former British protectorate (1884–1960) in E Africa, on the Gulf of Aden: united with Italian Somaliland in 1960 to form Somalia (or the Somali Republic); in 1991 the self-styled republic of Somaliland, covering the same area as the former British Somaliland, declared itself independent and continues to function largely as a separate entity, though without international recognition

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Example Sentences

It was a British protectorate - known as British Somaliland - until it merged with Italian Somaliland in 1960 to form the Somali Republic.

From BBC

Ismail was born in 1937 in Hargeisa, the capital of what was then British Somaliland.

From Seattle Times

Mr Mattan, originally from Hargeisa in what was then known as British Somaliland, was one of thousands of seamen from overseas that made Cardiff docks their home after settling in the UK following World War Two.

From BBC

A seaman from British Somaliland residing in Cardiff, Mattan was wrongfully convicted of the murder of Lily Volpert, a Jewish shopkeeper and moneylender, in the predominantly immigrant community of Tiger Bay.

From New York Times

Born in British Somaliland, her doomed hero, Mahmood, came to Wales as a merchant seaman — one of the vast army of men drawn to the work after World War II. But when the story opens, he hasn’t sailed for three years.

From Washington Post