Italian Somaliland
Americannoun
noun
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It was a British protectorate - known as British Somaliland - until it merged with Italian Somaliland in 1960 to form the Somali Republic.
From BBC ● Dec. 29, 2025
In Italian Somaliland, Italy's straight little Vittorio Emanuele III landed from the royal yacht Savoia, dedicated a new fort on the boundary of envious Ethiopia, marched into the jungle on a big-game hunt.
From Time Magazine Archive
Back in the19th century after the British, French and Italians helped themselves in imperial fashion to slices of the coast bordering Ethiopia, this desert patch was known as Italian Somaliland.
From Time Magazine Archive
The South African detachment which had taken Italian Somaliland, had swept up across the Ethiopian savannas and had cracked Harar, now drove up the Addis Ababa-Djibouti railroad at the rate of 25 miles a day.
From Time Magazine Archive
He explained that many of the countries, like Siam and Italian Somaliland, no longer existed in the same way; the names had changed by now.
From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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