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Portuguese East Africa

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noun

  1. a former name (until 1975) of Mozambique

"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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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 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

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

While he and a friend struggled with a cotton plantation in Portuguese East Africa, Heuser filled his spare time writing, sent the result apologetically to German editors.

From Time Magazine Archive

At present it goes out by way of Bulawayo and is shipped from the port of Beira in Portuguese East Africa.

From An African Adventure by Marcosson, Isaac Frederick

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