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Southern Rhodesia

British  

noun

  1. the former name (until 1964) of Zimbabwe

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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

His position was also gravely imperilled by Ian Smith's unilateral declaration of independence in Southern Rhodesia.

From BBC • Jun. 17, 2021

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

Within a few minutes, we were all singing the song “Stimela,” a rousing anthem about a train making its way down from Southern Rhodesia.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela