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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- 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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- proper noun historical A former British
protectorate in Africa, now part ofSomalia .
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British protectorate called British Somaliland, the region merged with the former Italian
The Daily Star > Politics Hibaaq Osman 2010
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26 June 1960 what was known as British Somaliland cease to exist.
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Britain withdrew from British Somaliland in 1960 to allow its protectorate to join with Italian Somaliland and form the new nation of Somalia.
Somalia 2009
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Somalia was formed by the union of British Somaliland and Italian Somaliland.
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SomaliaBritain withdrew from British Somaliland in 1960 to allow its protectorate to join with Italian Somaliland and form the new nation of Somalia.
Background 2008
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Background: Britain withdrew from British Somaliland in 1960 to allow its protectorate to join with Italian Somaliland and form the new nation of Somalia.
Somalia 2008
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Perhaps inevitably some of those men, especially those from Aden and British Somaliland, settled in Cardiff and Newport, forming two of the oldest ethnic communiyies in Britain.
Chewing the cud 2008
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He had gained territory from British Somaliland by helping Britain against the khalifa.
Three Empires on the Nile Dominic Green 2007
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He had gained territory from British Somaliland by helping Britain against the khalifa.
Three Empires on the Nile Dominic Green 2007
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He had gained territory from British Somaliland by helping Britain against the khalifa.
Three Empires on the Nile Dominic Green 2007
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