British-somaliland meaning

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.
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Former British protectorate in E Africa: merged with Italian Somaliland (1960) to form Somalia.
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(historical) A former British protectorate in Africa, now part of Somalia.
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British-somaliland Sentence Examples

  • British Somaliland The British Somaliland protectorate extends along the Gulf of Aden for about 400 m.

  • Westward it is bounded by Abyssinian and British Somaliland.

  • In 1897 an agreement was come to that from the point on the British Somaliland frontier where 47° E.

  • BERBERA, chief town and principal port of the British Somaliland protectorate, North-East Africa, 155 m.

  • (26) In 1899 the rebellion of the so-called "mad" mullah (Hajji Mahommed Abdullah) began on the borders of British Somaliland.

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