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Malagasy Republic

American  

noun

  1. former name of Madagascar.


Malagasy Republic British  

noun

  1. the former name (1958–75) of Madagascar

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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When the astronauts passed over the tracking station at Tananarive in the Malagasy Republic, they were called by Mission Control.

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Looking for a mica miner in the Malagasy Republic?

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Madagascar, now called the Malagasy Republic, was once the property of France, but the colonials had the decency to leave behind their fine Parisian chefs, who know their escargots.

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We wonder why California proposes a level of maternal care that WHO deems unacceptable for Nigeria, New Guinea or the Malagasy Republic.

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Last week Scoones released rare color photographs of one of these "living fossils," swimming contentedly for his camera in the Indian Ocean off the Comoro Islands near the Malagasy Republic.

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