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Portuguese Guinea

British  

noun

  1. the former name (until 1974) of Guinea-Bissau

"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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Another daughter, Claudia, died at 9 of malaria in Portuguese Guinea while her father was based there.

From Washington Post • Jul. 28, 2021

One flew into Portuguese Guinea to sell a prospective client, learned that his quarry was out in the bush, signed up four others before trekking into the bush after the first man.

From Time Magazine Archive

With 125,000 troops fighting three little-publicized wars in Angola, Mozambique and Portuguese Guinea, the country spends 40% of its budget on defense.

From Time Magazine Archive

With the subcontinent about to burn, the Security Council spent most of the week fiddling around with a debate over an obscure border dispute between Senegal and Portuguese Guinea involving some stray cattle.

From Time Magazine Archive

Among them are the Great and Little Scarcies, whose lower courses are in Sierra Leone, and the Rio Grande which enters the sea in Portuguese Guinea.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 1 "Franciscans" to "French Language" by Various

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