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
From Italian Somaliland he rode into Ethiopia at the head of an army of 60,000 men, a strapping figure in his desert uniform, wearing a monocle.
From Time Magazine Archive
At week's end the Kenya spearheads were well into Italian Somaliland and southern Ethiopia.
From Time Magazine Archive
Less than 30 years ago, Aden Abdullah Osman was a houseboy for a minor Italian official in Italian Somaliland, a barren land on Africa's bulging eastern coast.
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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