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PRONUNCIATION OF BRITISH EAST AFRICA

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BRITISH EAST AFRICA

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British East Africa is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BRITISH EAST AFRICA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

British East Africa

East Africa Protectorate

Flag of British East Africa and the subsequent Colony of Kenya Anthem God Save the Queen/King Map of British East Africa in 1911. Capital Mombasa Nairobi Languages English Swahili, Gikuyu, Kamba, Luo, Gusii, Meru, Nandi–Markweta also spoken Religion Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, traditional African religion Government Constitutional monarchy Monarch - 1895–1901 Victoria - 1910–1920 George V Commissioner, Governor - 1895–1897 Arthur Henry Hardinge - 1919–1920 Sir Edward Northey History - Established 1 July 1895 - Disestablished 23 July 1920 Area - 1904 696,447 km² Population - 1904 est. 4,000,000 Density 5.7 /km² Currency Rupee Main article: History of Kenya East Africa Protectorate was an area of East Africa occupying roughly the same terrain as present-day Kenya from the Indian Ocean inland to Uganda and the Great Rift Valley.

Definition of British East Africa in the English dictionary

The definition of British East Africa in the dictionary is the former British possessions of Uganda, Kenya, Tanganyika, and Zanzibar, before their independence in the 1960s.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BRITISH EAST AFRICA

British Asian
British Association screw thread
British Broadcasting Corporation
British Cameroons
British Civil Airworthiness Requirements
British Columbia
British Columbian
British Commonwealth of Nations
British Council
British disease
British Empire
British Guiana
British Honduras
British India
British Indian Ocean Territory
British Isles
British Israelite
British Legion
British Library
British Lions

WORDS THAT END LIKE BRITISH EAST AFRICA

Africa
America
Black Africa
British West Africa
East Africa
French Equatorial Africa
French North Africa
French West Africa
German East Africa
Horn of Africa
Italian East Africa
Nkosi Sikelel´ iAfrica
North Africa
Portuguese East Africa
Republic of South Africa
South Africa
South West Africa
Spanish West Africa
sub-Saharan Africa
Union of South Africa
West Africa

Synonyms and antonyms of British East Africa in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «British East Africa» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BRITISH EAST AFRICA

Find out the translation of British East Africa to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of British East Africa from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «British East Africa» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

英属东非
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

África Oriental Británica
570 millions of speakers

English

British East Africa
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ब्रिटिश ईस्ट अफ्रीका
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

البريطانيون شرق أفريقيا
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Британская Восточная Африка
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

British East Africa
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ব্রিটিশ ইস্ট আফ্রিকা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Afrique de l´Est britannique
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Afrika Timur British
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Britisch-Ostafrika
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

イギリス領東アフリカ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

영국 동 아프리카
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Afrika Wétan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Đông Phi Anh
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பிரிட்டிஷ் கிழக்கு ஆப்பிரிக்கா
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ब्रिटीश पूर्व आफ्रिका
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

İngiliz Doğu Afrika
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

British East Africa
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Brytyjska Afryka Wschodnia
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Британська Східна Африка
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

British Africa de Est
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Βρετανική Ανατολική Αφρική
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Brits-Oos -Afrika
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Brittiska Östafrika
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

British East Africa
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of British East Africa

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BRITISH EAST AFRICA»

The term «British East Africa» is normally little used and occupies the 118.247 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BRITISH EAST AFRICA» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «British East Africa» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «British East Africa» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about British East Africa

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BRITISH EAST AFRICA»

Discover the use of British East Africa in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to British East Africa and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Practising Colonial Medicine: The Colonial Medical Service ...
This is the first comprehensive history of the Colonial Medical Service and makes an important contribution to our understanding of the social and cultural aspects of medical history.
Anna Crozier, 2007
2
With a Prehistoric People: The Akikuyu of British East Africa
An account of the method of life and mode of thought amongst a nation on its first contact with European civilization.
W. S. Routledge, K. Routledge, 1968
3
Lords of the Fly: Sleeping Sickness Control in British East ...
British sleeping sickness control in colonial Uganda and Tanzania became a powerful mechanism for environmental and social engineering that defined and delineated African landscapes, reordered African mobility and access to resources.
Kirk Arden Hoppe, 2003
4
The East Africa Protectorate
General geography and history; the coast lands - Zanzibar, Jubaland, Tanaland; the coast lands - Seyidie, Mombasa, Teita; the interior and highlands; the natives of East Africa - general; the natives of East Africa - Swahilie, Somalis, and ...
Sir Charles Eliot, 1966
5
On Safari: Big Game Hunting in British East Africa with ...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Abel Chapman, 2010
6
The Cambridge History of the British Empire
Nineteenth Century, Sept. 1888, PP- 439-50. Eliot, Sir C. N. E. 77k East African Protectorate. 1905. Foster, H. J. Handbook of British East Africa, including Zanzibar, Uganda and the Territories of the Imperial British East Africa Company. 1893.
John Holland Rose, 1929
7
Britain and Slavery in East Africa
Britain entrusted its share to the Imperial British East Africa Company, founded in 1887 as the British East Africa Association and chartered on September 3, 1888. Rivalries between the two powers continued until July 1, 1890, when the ...
Moses D. E. Nwulia, 1975
8
The Rise and Fall of Philanthropy in East Africa: The ...
This area of approximately 675,000 square miles — nearly half the size of India and Pakistan and seven times that of the United Kingdom — they divided into the British East Africa, Uganda, and Zanzibar protectorates, and the German East ...
Robert G. Gregory
9
The British Army in World War I (3): The Eastern Fronts
German East Africa German East Africa (modern day mainland Tanzania, Rwanda and Burundi) was in 1914 bordered to the north by British East Africa ( Kenya) and to the south by the Portuguese colony of Mozambique. Three huge lakes ...
Martin Windrow, 2004
10
British East Africa: Economic and Commercial Conditions in ...
Reports for 1929/1930-1930/1932 include reports for Northern Rhodesia and Nyasaland; 1929/1930 includes report for British Somaliland; 1932-1934, 1936/1937 include annex on the Somaliland Protectorate.
Great Britain. Commercial Relations and Exports Dept, 1948

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BRITISH EAST AFRICA»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term British East Africa is used in the context of the following news items.
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Julian Huxley and the Intellectual Foundations of UNESCO
He had undertaken official field trips to British East Africa in 1929 and again to British West Africa in 1944. Thus in 1945 when plans for ... «GlobalSolutions.org, Jun 15»
2
Witness the true essence of wildlife in Kenya!
Nairobi is a city that conjures all the adventure and romance left from its colonial days as the capital of British East Africa. It's a mix of colonial ... «Arab News, May 15»
3
Uganda Railway: Where Kenya's 'karaos' came from
Well, the Kenya Police began around 1887 under the Imperial British East Africa (IBEA) with headquarters in what is today the Lavish Lounge ... «SDE Entertainment News, May 15»
4
Talented architect Braz Menezes turned 'Hakuna Matata' author
... be told: how a small community from Goa, played an inordinately important and quiet role in the administration and the services economy of British East Africa. «Coastweek, Apr 15»
5
General Election pitch – John Coutovidis (Independent)
My mother escaped Stalin's Gulag and my father was expelled from Anatolia by Attakurk's army, both finding themselves in British East Africa, ... «A Little Bit of Stone, Apr 15»
6
African Queen boat tour more sedate than film's adventures
“It helped the British East Africa Railway build trestles across the waters and hauled freight, personnel, whatever was necessary. It was a real ... «Florida Today, Apr 15»
7
Talk about Travel
Italian POW (Felice Benuzzi) in WWII British East Africa (now Kenya) knows he cannot make it across the continent to escape, so takes a ... «Washington Post, Mar 15»
8
Exhibition launched on First World War impact on Africa
Countries, now known as Kenya, are marked as British East Africa and whole regions described as 'Conquered East Africa' in the official maps. «East London and West Essex Guardian Series, Mar 15»
9
Barlaston author makes an independent stand in general election in …
My mother escaped Stalin's Gulag and my father was expelled from Antolia by Attaturk's army, both finding themselves in British East Africa, ... «Staff Newsletter, Mar 15»
10
EXCLUSIVE - A bitter rivalry with Amelia Earhart, a marriage to a …
... the plan was that she would join her husband on the farm he was awarded in British East Africa under the Soldier Settlement Scheme. By this ... «Daily Mail, Mar 15»

REFERENCE
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