Definitions
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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Examples
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British protectorate called British Somaliland, the region merged with the former Italian
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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He had gained territory from British Somaliland by helping Britain against the khalifa.
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He had gained territory from British Somaliland by helping Britain against the khalifa.
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He had gained territory from British Somaliland by helping Britain against the khalifa.
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