French Somaliland
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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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
During the past decade, while the winds of change whipped through the rest of Africa, the only thing blowing in French Somaliland was sand.
From Time Magazine Archive
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 Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 8 "France" to "Francis Joseph I." by Various
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