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Meaning of "British West Africa" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF BRITISH WEST AFRICA

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BRITISH WEST AFRICA

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British West 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 WEST AFRICA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

British West Africa

British West Africa was the collective name for British colonies in West Africa during the colonial period, either in the general geographical sense or more specifically those comprised in a formal colonial administrative entity. The United Kingdom colonised varying parts of these territories or the whole from the late 1780s until the 1960s.

Definition of British West Africa in the English dictionary

The definition of British West Africa in the dictionary is the former British possessions of Nigeria, The Gambia, Sierra Leone, and the Gold Coast, and the former trust territories of Togoland and Cameroons.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BRITISH WEST AFRICA

British Red Cross Society
British shorthair
British Sign Language
British Somaliland
British Standard brass thread
British Standard fine thread
British Standard pipe thread
British Standard Time
British Standard Whitworth thread
British Standards Institution
British Summer Time
British Technology Group
British Telecom
British thermal unit
British Union of Fascists
British Virgin Islands
British Visitor´s Passport
British warm
British West Indies
British White

WORDS THAT END LIKE BRITISH WEST AFRICA

Africa
America
Black Africa
British East 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 West Africa in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «British West Africa» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BRITISH WEST AFRICA

Find out the translation of British West Africa to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of British West 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 West Africa» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

英属西非
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

África Occidental Británica
570 millions of speakers

English

British West Africa
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ब्रिटिश पश्चिम अफ्रीका
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

البريطانية غرب أفريقيا
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Британский Западная Африка
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

África Ocidental Britânica
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ব্রিটিশ পশ্চিম আফ্রিকা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Colombie- Afrique de l´Ouest
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

British West Africa
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Britisch Westafrika
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

英領西アフリカ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

영국 서 아프리카
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Afrika Kulon Inggris
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Anh Tây Phi
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பிரிட்டிஷ் மேற்கு ஆப்பிரிக்கா
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ब्रिटिश पश्चिम आफ्रिका
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

İngiliz Batı Afrika
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Britannica Africa occidentale
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Brytyjska Afryka Zachodnia
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Британський Західна Африка
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

British Africa de Vest
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Βρετανική Δυτική Αφρική
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Britse Wes-Afrika
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Brittisk Västafrika
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

British Vest-Afrika
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of British West Africa

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BRITISH WEST AFRICA»

The term «British West Africa» is normally little used and occupies the 132.595 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BRITISH WEST AFRICA» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «British West Africa» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «British West 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 West Africa

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BRITISH WEST AFRICA»

Discover the use of British West Africa in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to British West Africa and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Radical Nationalism in British West Africa, 1945--1960
In reconstituting the narrative of nationalism in this period, the study also explores the category of the "communist" which was added to British imperialist discourse and applied to colonial social radicals and anybody that British ...
Nike L. Edun Adebiyi, 2008
2
The Economic Revolution in British West Africa
Originally published in 1926, McPhee's work was the first to establish a framework for understanding the economic development between 1820-1920 in British West Africa.
Allan McPhee, 2012
3
British West Africa: Its Rise and Progress
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original.
A. F. Mockler-Ferryman, 2007
4
The Rise of British West Africa
Claude George. APPENDIX A WEST AFRICA WEST AFRICA may be briefly described as that part of the Continent of Africa that lies 23% degrees north and south of the Equator; that is, places situated between the Tropic of Cancer and the ...
Claude George, 2014
5
Colonial West Africa: Collected Essays
Published in the year 1978, Colonial West Africa is a valuable contribution to the field of History.
Michael Crowder, 2013
6
Trypanosomiasis in British West Africa
Some comments on the present organization in British West Africa have been included, together with observations on the organizations to combat the disease in the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan and the foreign territories visited. Much other ...
Thomas Herbert Davey, Great Britain. Colonial Office. Tsetse Fly and Trypanosomiasis Committee, Great Britain. Bureau of Hygiene and Tropical Diseases, 1948
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Cotton in British West Africa, Including Togoland and the ...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
N. M. 1892-1960 Penzer, 2010
8
Africa Since 1935
In a memo entitled 'The Charter and British West Africa', Azikiwe of Nigeria demanded immediate reforms and representative government. G. E. Moore, a member of the legislative council in Ghana also in a speech in 1943 claimed that if it was ...
Ali AlʼAmin Mazrui, Christophe Wondji, 1999
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an introduction to the history of west africa
... was the case in most of the neighbouring British territories. f Economic development in British West Africa The economic development of the British colonies in West Africa was in general swifter and greater than that of the French territories.
John Donnelly, 1969
10
Affairs of West Africa
First published in 1968. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Edmund Dene Morel, 2013

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

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term British West Africa is used in the context of the following news items.
1
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
Of WAEC, Trainee Nurses, and Pregnant Kissi Girls
It was to ensure the harmony and standardisation of pre-university assessment of pupils and students in British West Africa. Its task was ... «GhanaWeb, Jun 15»
3
The changing face of banking in Ghana
In 1896, the Bank of the British West Africa (which later became Standard Chartered Bank in 1985) opened its first branch in Accra. «Citifmonline, Jun 15»
4
Ethical trade is not new to co-operatives … it's been a century-long …
Starting in 1913, following the delegation to British West Africa, it negotiated with local tribes and made arrangements to buy palm oil from ... «Co-operative News, Jun 15»
5
Wentworth Woodhouse owner passes away
... the design of many offices, banks, factories, hospitals, warehouses and industrial units over a period of fifteen years in British West Africa. «Rotherham Advertiser, May 15»
6
Nkrumah's, Not Danquah's, Vision Decolonized South Africa!
On the other hand, if we should go by chronology then Casely-Hayford's National Congress of British West Africa (NCBWA), the Union of ... «GhanaWeb, May 15»
7
Evolution of a banking giant
In 1957, the bank changed its name from Bank of British West Africa (BBWA) to Bank of West Africa (BWA). In 1966, following its merger with ... «The Guardian Nigeria, Mar 15»
8
Invisible Forces Behind Gambia's Independence Struggle
The only bank in the country at that time, the Bank of British West Africa, was not issuing any loan to local merchants. This White domination of ... «The Point, Mar 15»
9
From Gold Coast to Ghana
The National Congress of British West Africa formed in 1920 brought the campaign for self-rule to the agenda in Sierra Leone, Gambia, Ghana ... «The Voice Online, Mar 15»
10
'God put us together': Bill and Maxine Smith have been married for …
... certified as an enlisted pilot of C-47 aircraft, and was sent overseas to Accra in British West Africa, as part of the Army's 42nd transport group. «AL.com, Feb 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. British West Africa [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/british-west-africa>. Apr 2024 ».
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