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
It embarked some Nigerian shock troops from a Kenya port, landed them efficiently in a mangrove swamp near the Italian Somaliland border.
From Time Magazine Archive
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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
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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
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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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