Portuguese West Africa
Britishnoun
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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
Portuguese West Africa is generally called the Province of Angola.
From The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa by Badlam, Anna B.
The northern frontier marched with the southern boundary of Portuguese West Africa.
From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg
He was the British Consul at Loanda in Portuguese West Africa, and one morning about two months before, some natives had brought me in to him slung in a machilla.
From A Rip Van Winkle Of The Kalahari Seven Tales of South-West Africa by Cornell, Frederick
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.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" by Various
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