South West Africa

British  

noun

1. another name for Namibia

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Example Sentences

Control over South West Africa - along with what is now Cameroon, Togo and other colonial territories - was stripped from Germany by competing powers after World War One.

From BBC

The role set her up for a successful political career, but at the time Nandi-Ndaitwah was simply interested in freeing South West Africa.

From BBC

Namibia faced apartheid when neighboring South Africa’s white minority government controlled what they called South West Africa.

From Seattle Times

Namibia’s liberation party — South West Africa People’s Organization, or Swapo — took over and governs to this day.

From New York Times

Then known as German South West Africa, the atrocities committed there have been described by historians as "the forgotten genocide" of the early 20th Century.

From BBC