British Somaliland Definition
proper name
Former British protectorate in E Africa: merged with Italian Somaliland (1960) to form Somalia.
Webster's New World
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pronoun
(historical) A former British protectorate in Africa, now part of Somalia.
Wiktionary
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other
A former British protectorate of eastern Africa in present-day northwest Somalia on the Gulf of Aden. It was combined with Italian Somaliland in 1960 to form Somalia.
American Heritage
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