Portuguese West Africa
Britishnoun
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No very sharp ethnical line can be drawn between Portuguese West Africa and the contiguous portion of the Belgian Congo south and west of the main stream.
From Project Gutenberg
Portuguese West Africa is generally called the Province of Angola.
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He bought a yacht, a private car, a Fifth Avenue mansion, an estate at Great Neck, L. I. The world-wide reach of Sinclair Consolidated was flung out by the burly Destiny Man to Mexico, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama; to Angola, in Portuguese West Africa; to Russia.
From Time Magazine Archive
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He was still ahead of the record when a whipping rain beset him over Benguela, Portuguese West Africa.
From Time Magazine Archive
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From Lobito Bay in Portuguese West Africa a railway was being built in 1909 which would connect with the main line near the Congo frontier.
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