French Somaliland
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Also here is a large contingent of French soldiers who stayed on after 1977, when the colony formerly known as French Somaliland gained independence.
From New York Times
Captain Marchand refused to return to Europe by way of the Nile and Lower Egypt, marching across Abyssinia to Jibuti in French Somaliland, where he embarked for France.
From Project Gutenberg
The colony is bounded inland by the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Abyssinia and French Somaliland.
From Project Gutenberg
Neighboring Ethiopia, which contains large numbers of Afars, backs the tribe's cause in French Somaliland.
From Time Magazine Archive
Even before the election returns were complete, unruly mobs began to surge through the streets of Djibouti, the sun-bleached and impoverished capital of French Somaliland.
From Time Magazine Archive
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