Portuguese East Africa
Britishnoun
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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
In the low brush country back of Port Mozambique, Portuguese East Africa, where reeds grow shoulder high, terror stalked last week.
From Time Magazine Archive
GAZALAND, a district of Portuguese East Africa, extending north from the Komati or Manhissa river, Delagoa Bay, to the Pungwe river.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" by Various
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