Portuguese Guinea
Britishnoun
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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
He signed an agreement in Algiers granting independence to the 600,000 people of the West African territory of Portuguese Guinea, henceforth to be known as Guinea-Bissau.
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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