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PRONUNCIATION OF FRENCH WEST AFRICA

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FRENCH WEST AFRICA

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conjunction
determiner
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French 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 FRENCH WEST AFRICA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

French West Africa

Flag French West Africa after World War II Green: French West Africa Dark grey: Other French possessions Darkest grey: French Republic Capital Saint Louis Dakar Languages French Arabic, Fula, Songhay, Hausa, Mossi, Mandinka, Wolof, Bambara Berber languages, Mande languages widely spoken Political structure Federation Historical era New Imperialism - Established 27 October 1895 - Fifth Republic 5 October 1958 Currency French West African franc French Community Republic of Dahomey Guinea Ivory Coast Mali Federation Mauritania Niger Republic of Upper Volta Italian Libya Today part of Benin Burkina Faso Cote d'Ivoire Guinea Libya Mali Mauritania Niger Senegal Togo Afrique occidentale française Commercial Relations Report, showing the profile of a Fula woman. January–March 1938.

Definition of French West Africa in the English dictionary

The definition of French West Africa in the dictionary is a former group of French Overseas Territories: consisted of Senegal, Mauritania, French Sudan, Upper Volta, Niger, French Guinea, Côte d'Ivoire, and Dahomey.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FRENCH WEST AFRICA

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

WORDS THAT END LIKE FRENCH WEST AFRICA

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

SYNONYMS

Translation of «French West Africa» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FRENCH WEST AFRICA

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

Translator English - Chinese

法属西非
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

África Occidental francés
570 millions of speakers

English

French West Africa
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

फ्रेंच पश्चिम अफ्रीका
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

غرب أفريقيا الفرنسية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Французский Западная Африка
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

África Ocidental Francesa
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ফরাসি পশ্চিম আফ্রিকা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Afrique de l´Ouest français
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Afrika Barat Perancis
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Französisch-Westafrika
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

フランス領西アフリカ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

프랑스어 서 아프리카
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Afrika Kulon Prancis
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Pháp Tây Phi
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பிரஞ்சு மேற்கு ஆப்பிரிக்கா
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

फ्रेंच पश्चिम आफ्रिका
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Fransız Batı Afrika
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Africa occidentale francese
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Francuska Afryka Zachodnia
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Французький Західна Африка
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Franceză Africa de Vest
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Γαλλική Δυτική Αφρική
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Frans-Wes -Afrika
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Franska Västafrika
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Fransk Vest-Afrika
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of French West Africa

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FRENCH WEST AFRICA»

The term «French West Africa» is regularly used and occupies the 55.351 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FRENCH WEST AFRICA» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FRENCH WEST AFRICA»

Discover the use of French West Africa in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to French West Africa and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Métis of Senegal: Urban Life and Politics in French West ...
The Métis of Senegal is a history of politics and society among an influential group of mixed-race people who settled in coastal Africa under French colonialism.
Hilary Jones, 2013
2
Slavery and Colonial Rule in French West Africa
Offers a history of slavery during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries in three former French colonies.
Martin A. Klein, 1998
3
The end of empire in French West Africa: France's successful ...
This important book challenges the traditional dichotomy between 'imperial' and 'colonial' history and will be of interest to students of imperial and French history, politics and international relations, development and post-colonial ...
Tony Chafer, 2002
4
A Mission to Civilize: The Republican Idea of Empire in ...
This is scholarship that will eventually provoke a significant change in the way modern French history is conceived, researched, and written." — Julia Clancy-Smith, University of Arizona
Alice L. Conklin, 1997
5
French Colonialism Unmasked: The Vichy Years in French West ...
French Colonialism Unmasked analyzes three dramatic years in the history of FWA, from 1940 to 1943, in which the Vichy regime tried to impose the ideology of the National Revolution in the region.
Ruth Ginio, 2006
6
Children of the French Empire : Miscegenation and Colonial ...
This book vividly recreates the lives of the children born of relationships between French men and African women from the time France colonized much of West Africa towards the end of the nineteenth century, until independence in 1960.
Owen White, 1999
7
Islam and Social Change in French West Africa: History of an ...
In contrast to depictions that emphasize the importance of international networks and anti-modern reaction in twentieth-century Islamic reform, this book claims that, in West Africa, such movements were driven by local forces and ...
Sean Hanretta, 2009
8
Colonial Ambivalence, Cultural Authenticity, and the ...
This book breaks new ground by demonstrating the centrality of the cultural question in the imperial encounters between France and West Africa.
James Eskridge Genova, 2004
9
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
10
A History of Africa: African societies and the establishment ...
It therefore became possible and perhaps necessary, from 1895 on, to administer French West Africa as one unit. The background of the French themselves, who have always had a preference for highly centralised institutions, encouraged this  ...
Assa Okoth, 2006

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

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term French West Africa is used in the context of the following news items.
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Museum of Science & Industry Offers Special U-505 Tours
British intelligence had alerted the U.S. Navy as to the presence of the U-505 somewhere off French West Africa, and Captain Daniel V. Gallery ... «Examiner.com, Jun 15»
2
This is not the Middle Eastern order you are looking for
... proposed a multiplicity of political arrangements and orders in late-colonial French West Africa that were different from today's nation-states. «Washington Post, Jun 15»
3
Madame brusque Segolene Royal brings down the guillotine
She was born in a military base in Dakar, in French West Africa. Her parents had eight children in nine years; her father being a strict Catholic, ... «The Australian, May 15»
4
Nigeria's Hotels.ng Raises $1.2 Million
... plans to use the new funds to invest further in its technology capacity and in pursuing expansion into Ghana and French West Africa. «Forbes, May 15»
5
Kwame Nkrumah: Nkrumahism And Francophone Africa 6
His argument was that the Ivory Coast, as it then was, had no wish to be a milch cow for French West Africa. The lofty sentiment that the colony's ... «GhanaWeb, May 15»
6
May 15, 1937: Madeleine Albright, Future Secretary of State, Is Born
... her recent tour of French West Africa? Does it ponder the state of U.S.-Egyptian relations following Albright's humiliation of Boutros-Ghali and ... «The Nation., May 15»
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Dakar's Assault to the Senses: Youssou N'Dour on Senegal's Capital
Over the years Dakar grew to be one of the major cities of the French Empire and became the capital of French West Africa, which included ... «Huffington Post, May 15»
8
The legacies of slavery in southern Senegal
In 1905, the French colonial administration banned the slave trade throughout French West Africa, prompting other forms of social stratification ... «Open Democracy, Apr 15»
9
Why we don't hear about the 10000 French deaths at Gallipoli
... reality they were recruited from all over French West Africa and included some creoles from the West Indies and islands of the Indian Ocean. «The Conversation AU, Apr 15»
10
Perseus Mining Limited: Revised Sissingue Gold Mine Feasibility …
In summary, the development of Sissingué represents a relatively low cost, low-risk entry to doing business in French West Africa and in Côte ... «Marketwired, Apr 15»

REFERENCE
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