Southern Rhodesia
Britishnoun
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At the time of Elizabeth's first visit to Zimbabwe, the country was a British-ruled colony with some autonomy, known as Southern Rhodesia and with a white minority government.
From Reuters • Sep. 15, 2022
I was living in a far corner of the British Empire, in Southern Rhodesia.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 9, 2022
Southern Rhodesia became an international pariah after its white minority government headed by Ian Smith issued a unilateral declaration of independence from Britain in November 1965.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2022
There are echoes of Southern Rhodesia, where white settlers had seeded themselves at the end of the nineteenth century: Lessing described it as “a very nasty little police state”.
From Nature • Oct. 7, 2019
The son of a Seventh-Day Adventist missionary, Luthuli was born in what was then Southern Rhodesia and educated in Natal.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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