Portuguese East Africa
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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For nearly 400 years, Mozambique Island was the capital of Portuguese East Africa, when the region was under colonial rule.
From BBC • Apr. 7, 2024
For several days, Howard hid Churchill in his mine, then, with the help of several friends, smuggled him onto a freight train to Lourenço Marques, the capital of Portuguese East Africa.
From Washington Post • Sep. 16, 2016
For more than a day, he followed railroad tracks that he hoped would lead east — across 300 miles of Boer territory to Portuguese East Africa and freedom.
From Washington Post • Sep. 16, 2016
The civilians, safe in Portuguese East Africa after a prisoner exchange, sent home stories that made grim reading.
From Time Magazine Archive
To the east rose friction with the Portuguese and a Rhodesian contingent was compelled to occupy part of Portuguese East Africa until the boundary line was adjusted.
From An African Adventure by Marcosson, Isaac Frederick
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