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Meaning of "French Somaliland" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF FRENCH SOMALILAND

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FRENCH SOMALILAND

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adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
French Somaliland 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 FRENCH SOMALILAND MEAN IN ENGLISH?

French Somaliland

Flag Abyssinia and the French Somaliland in 1911, including the course of the Franco-Ethiopian Railway Capital Djibouti Languages French, Somali, Afar, Arabic Religion Islam, Christianity Government Dependent territory Governor - 1896-1899 Léonce Lagarde - 1966-1967 Louis Saget Historical era New Imperialism - Established May 20, 1896 - Italian invasion June 18, 1940 - British occupation December 28, 1942 - Status changed to overseas territory October 27, 1946 - Renamed July 5, 1967 Area - 1963 23,200 km² Population - 1963 est. 165,000 Density 7.1 /km² Currency French franc French Somaliland franc Today part of Djibouti French Somaliland was a French colony in the Horn of Africa. It was established between 1883 and 1887, after the then-ruling Somali and Afar sultans signed the land away in various treaties with the French.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FRENCH SOMALILAND

French pastry
French pleat
French polish
French Polynesia
French Revolution
French Revolutionary calendar
French Riviera
French roll
French seam
French sixth
French Southern and Antarctic Territories
French stick
French stick loaf
French Sudan
French toast
French Togoland
French Union
French vermouth
French West Africa
French West Indies

WORDS THAT END LIKE FRENCH SOMALILAND

British Somaliland
Deutschland
England
Finland
Gulf of Thailand
holland
Ireland
island
Italian Somaliland
land
Maryland
Nederland
New Zealand
Poland
Somaliland
Swaziland
Switzerland
Thailand
Wayland
Zealand

Synonyms and antonyms of French Somaliland in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «French Somaliland» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FRENCH SOMALILAND

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

Translator English - Chinese

法国索马里兰
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

francés Somalilandia
570 millions of speakers

English

French Somaliland
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

फ्रेंच सोमालीलैंड
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الصومال الفرنسي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Французское Сомали
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Somália Francesa
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ফরাসি সোমালিল্যান্ড
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Côte française des Somalis
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Somaliland Perancis
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Französisch -Somaliland
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

フレンチソマリランド
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

프랑스어 소 말릴 란드
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Somaliland Perancis
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Somaliland Pháp
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பிரெஞ்சு சோமாலிலாந்து
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

फ्रेंच सोमालीलँड
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Fransızca Somaliland
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Somalia francese
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

francuski Somaliland
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

французьке Сомалі
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

franceză Somaliland
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Γαλλικά Σομαλιλάνδη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Frans-Somaliland
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Franska Somali
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Fransk Somaliland
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of French Somaliland

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FRENCH SOMALILAND»

The term «French Somaliland» is normally little used and occupies the 145.116 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FRENCH SOMALILAND» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FRENCH SOMALILAND»

Discover the use of French Somaliland in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to French Somaliland and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Key Resolutions of the United Nations General Assembly, ...
Question of French Somaliland Committee: 4 Vote 117-0-19 The General Assembly. Having considered the question of so-called French Somaliland ( Djibouti), Having examined the relevant chapter of the report of the Special Committee on ...
Dietrich Rauschning, Katja Wiesbrock, Martin Lailach, 1997
2
Encyclopedia of Africa
Djibouti City was named the capital of French Somaliland in 1892. The French governor, Lonce Lagarde, established strong ties with Ethiopia and signed a treaty with Emporer Menelik in 1897 declaring French Somaliland as EthiopiaÕs trade ...
Anthony Appiah, Henry Louis Gates, 2010
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Historical Dictionary of European Imperialism
The administrative capital of French Somaliland was transferred to the city of Djibouti in 1896, and in 1898 the French began constructing a railroad to Addis Ababa. A treaty of 1897 defined French Somaliland's boundary with Ethiopia*.
James Stuart Olson, Robert Shadle, 1991
4
Vichy Air Force at War: The French Air Force that Fought the ...
It was suggested that the railway that ran between the frontier of French Somaliland and Dire Dawa should be attacked. Fairey Battles, operating out of Dogabur, dive bombed and destroyed several bridges on the Djibouti section of the line.
Jonathan Sutherland, Diane Canwell, 2011
5
Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African ...
In 1888 France established the colony of FRENCH SOMALILAND. The French initially chose the port of Obock as its administrative center. When the French decided to develop the colony as a commercial gateway to Ethiopia, however, they ...
Kwame Anthony Appiah, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., 2005
6
Political Chronology of Africa
The French declared a protectorate over the region, naming it French Somaliland ; its boundaries were demarcated the following year. 1897: France and Ethiopia signed a treaty, stating Djibouti was to be the official maritime outlet for Ethiopian  ...
Europa Publications,, 2003
7
A Political Chronology of Africa
The French declared a protectorate over the region, naming it French Somaliland ; its boundaries were demarcated the following year. 1897: France and Ethiopia signed a treaty, stating Djibouti was to be the official maritime outlet for Ethiopian  ...
David Lea, Annamarie Rowe, 2001
8
Bibliographia Aethiopica 2
New York, 1961. 21p. ill., map. 8183 [French] Somalia. Ministry of Foreign Affairs. French Somaliland: a classic colonial case; events leading to the referendum on March 19th, 1967. Mogadishu, 1967. v, 38p. ill., map. 8184 [French] Somalia.
Hans Wilhelm Lockot, Siegbert Uhlig, Verena Böll, 1998
9
Lonely Planet Ethiopia, Djibouti & Somaliland
As early as 1949 there were a number of anticolonial demonstrations that were led by the lssa Somalis, who were in favour of the reunification of the territories of Italian, British and French Somaliland. Meanwhile, the Afars were in favour of ...
Lonely Planet, Jean-Bernard Carillet, Tim Bewer, 2013
10
Standard Catalog of World Coins - 1801-1900
French interest in French Somaliland began in 1839 with concessions obtained by a French naval lieutenant from the ... French Somaliland was made a protectorate in 1884 and its boundaries were delimited by the Franco-British and  ...
George S. Cuhaj, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FRENCH SOMALILAND»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term French Somaliland is used in the context of the following news items.
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Somalia Celebrates 55 Years of Independence
... which now form part of present-day Ethiopia, Kenya and Djibouti, which was then a French colony and was referred to as French Somaliland. «Horseed Media, Jul 15»
2
Somalia — From Great Hope to Failed State
... a shared language, culture, and religion in the newly formed nation as well as French Somaliland, northeastern Kenya, and western Ethiopia. «somalicurrent, Jun 15»
3
Somaliland: Nation Commemorates 55th Anniversary of …
For much of its existence, the territory was bordered by Italian Somaliland-Somalia, French Somaliland-Djibouti and Ethiopia. Somaliland first ... «Somaliland Sun, Jun 15»
4
June 27, 2000: Turabi forms new party in Sudan
1977 - French Somaliland becomes Africa's 49th independent state, Djibouti. 1982 - US space shuttle Columbia carries its first commercial and ... «gulfnews.com, Jun 15»
5
Somaliland:Writing the Lives of Somalia's Women
Somalia was split into French Somaliland, Italian Somaliland, British Somaliland, and then what would become Ethiopian Somaliland. And in ... «SomalilandPress, Jun 15»
6
Israeli Assassin Sylvia Rafael Never Meant to Be Famous
As a roving photographer, she was sent abroad to places like French Somaliland (what would become Djibouti) and met well-placed people, ... «Atlas Obscura, Jun 15»
7
Djibouti's uncanny mix of French baguettes, Somali tea and bustling …
It's all a far cry from 1930, when the visiting English novelist Evelyn Waugh described French Somaliland as “a country of dust and boulders” ... «FRANCE 24, May 15»
8
Somaliland:The Issue of Cadaan Studies and the Somali Intellectual …
... machine with offices and officers with all the Somalilands except Djibouti (French Somaliland), the first time specified an independence date, ... «SomalilandPress, May 15»
9
Elections in Ethiopia - Beyond Winning (and Losing) (Part III)
... Somalia), and the French (in French Somaliland, alias Djibouti). The western boundary was delimited with treaties with the British (in Sudan). «AllAfrica.com, May 15»
10
Djiboutian in fight for fortune
Djibouti – known as French Somaliland before independence in 1977 – is little bigger than the Kruger Park, but its position in the Gulf of Aden ... «Mail & Guardian Online, Feb 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. French Somaliland [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/french-somaliland>. Apr 2024 ».
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