German East Africa

American  

noun

1. a former German territory in E Africa, the area now comprised of continental Tanzania and the independent republics of Rwanda and Burundi.

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German East Africa British  

noun

1. a former German territory in E Africa, consisting of Tanganyika and Ruanda-Urundi: divided in 1919 between Great Britain and Belgium; now in Tanzania, Rwanda, and Burundi

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German East Africa

Tanzania was a part of German East Africa, which consisted of modern-day Rwanda, Burundi and parts of Mozambique.

From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2023

German East Africa was a German colony which included present-day Burundi, Rwanda, parts of Tanzania, and a small region of Mozambique.

From Washington Times ● Jan. 18, 2023

So Gurnah’s latest novel, set in German East Africa at the start of the 20th century, arrives in the U.S. with great fanfare.

From New York Times ● Aug. 27, 2022

Hundreds of thousands more died in the Maji Maji revolt in German East Africa, in what is now Tanzania.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 2, 2020

In the German colony of South-West Africa there was a large and well-equipped German army, and in German East Africa there were other forces.

From The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 1 (of 10) From the Beginning of the War to the Landing of the British Army in France by Parrott, James Edward