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Ubangi-Shari

British  

noun

  1. a former name (until 1958) of the Central African Republic

"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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When those partners rejected the coalition, too, Boganda decided to keep the French-inspired name for what had become a freestanding, independent Ubangi-Shari.

From Slate Mar. 9, 2012

Boganda didn’t explain why he abandoned the name Ubangi-Shari, but he may have hoped that his neighbors would eventually see the benefits of unity and join the Central African Republic.

From Slate Mar. 9, 2012

He wanted to combine Ubangi-Shari with nine other countries in the region that spoke Romance languages, to form something called “the United States of Latin Africa.”

From Slate Mar. 9, 2012

The Central African Republic was once a French colony known as Ubangi-Shari, because the land is split between the basins of the Ubangi and Shari rivers.

From Slate Mar. 9, 2012

Central African Republic:   The former French colony of Ubangi-Shari   became the Central African Republic upon independence in 1960.

From The 2001 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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