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Northern Rhodesia

British  

noun

  1. the former name (until 1964) of Zambia

"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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Smith was born in 1933 in Northern Rhodesia — now Zambia — and set many of his stories in Africa, where he grew up on a cattle ranch and hunted game.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 14, 2021

But the young Kaunda's academic ability won him a place in the first secondary school to be formed in Northern Rhodesia, and he later became a teacher.

From BBC • Jun. 17, 2021

His plane, the Albertina, came down in forest just outside the town of Ndola in present-day Zambia, then Northern Rhodesia, just after midnight on 18 September, as it approached the town’s airport.

From The Guardian • Jan. 12, 2019

The report challenged the theory, promulgated in inquiries soon after the crash, that pilot error or another accident had caused the chartered DC-6 to crash near Ndola, Northern Rhodesia, in what is now Zambia.

From New York Times • Mar. 27, 2018

Oliver and I had a private discussion with Kenneth Kaunda, the leader of the United National Independence Party of Northern Rhodesia and the future president of Zambia.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

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