German Africa

American  

noun

1. the former German colonies in Africa, comprising German East Africa, German Southwest Africa, Cameroons, and Togoland.

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Example Sentences

Then there may be an army of 1,000,000 men in German Africa, and the colony will have its own war navy, like Brazil.

From Religion and the War by Various

German Africa alone will give us a balance of power in the East and in Africa.

From World's War Events Volume 3 Beginning with the departure of the first American destroyers for service abroad in April, 1917, and closing with the treaties of peace in 1919. by Churchill, Allen L. (Allen Leon)

Lloyd George has declared "the general principle of national self-determination applicable at least to German Africa," while Chancellor Hertling once welcomed a discussion "on the reconstruction of the world's colonial possessions."

From Darkwater Voices from Within the Veil by Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt)

Then we had to turn down Ninth Street because we saw C.D. coming, with whom we had previously agreed that Great Britain should have German Africa.

From Mince Pie by Morley, Christopher

I pictured a flight across the Kalahari to German Africa, the crackling, parching days, the wonderful blue-velvet nights.

From The Thirty-Nine Steps by Buchan, John