French Somaliland
Britishnoun
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France hoped to lay claim to Sudan in order to build an east-west railway linking its colony of French Somaliland with its West and Central African possessions.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022
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 ● Feb. 25, 2017
The Governor of French Somaliland was fired, the vice president of the local government council was whisked off for "extended leave" in France, and hundreds of agitators were expelled to the neighboring Somali Re public.
From Time Magazine Archive
Djibouti in French Somaliland is the port of entry for all Abyssinia, and France already controls the only railroad in the country, that between Djibouti and Addis Ababa.
From Time Magazine Archive
The colony is bounded inland by the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Abyssinia and French Somaliland.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" by Various
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