Italian East Africa

American  

noun

1. a former Italian territory in E Africa, formed in 1936 by the merging of Eritrea and Italian Somaliland with newly conquered Ethiopia: taken by the British Imperial forces 1941.

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Italian East Africa British  

noun

1. a former Italian territory in E Africa, formed in 1936 from the possessions of Eritrea, Italian Somaliland, and Ethiopia: taken by British forces in 1941

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Example Sentences

He went to Italian East Africa to fly.

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In Mussolini's heyday it became a bridgehead for his conquest of Italian East Africa.

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In still other cases Italians have been shipped to Spain from Italian East Africa, or have been "sent" to Italian East Africa only to find themselves disembarking at Cadiz.

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Italians have long clamored for lower Canal tolls and representation on the Board of Directors, chiefly because Italy spends big money on Suez tolls to maintain communication with Italian East Africa.

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Another was the threat of a diversion against the British rear, from Italian East Africa.

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