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
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
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
Even that could not stop Churchill, who soon escaped from the prisoner-of-war camp, travelling almost 300 miles to safety in Portuguese East Africa.
From Economist
My motorbike’s chain was completely rusted up, so I was marooned in a little village called Tete in Portuguese East Africa for a month.
From New York Times
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