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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A former federation (1895–1958) of French territories in western Africa comprising the present-day countries of Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, and Senegal.
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- proper noun French West Africa is the (literal) English rendering of Afrique Occidentale française (abbreviated
AOC ), a geographical group of French colonies in West Africa under the supervisory authority of a singlegovernor-general , comprising the following colonised countries (present names as independent republics in perenthesis if different):Dahomey (Benin),French Guinea (Guinea), theFrench Sudan (Mali),Ivory Coast ,Mauritania ,Niger ,Senegal andUpper Volta (Burkina Faso); the last governor-general was also the first of two successive High commissioners, charged with the transition to independence as independent republics, without a common administrative level
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Examples
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First we stopped in Dakar Synagogue, in French West Africa, which is so similar
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The first country in the French West Africa to win independence from
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Given two hundred men and six hundred francs, Marchand promised he could cross from French West Africa to the Gazelle River, and stake the French claim that would ensure a seat at the conference table.
Three Empires on the Nile Dominic Green 2007
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Given two hundred men and six hundred francs, Marchand promised he could cross from French West Africa to the Gazelle River, and stake the French claim that would ensure a seat at the conference table.
Three Empires on the Nile Dominic Green 2007
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Given two hundred men and six hundred francs, Marchand promised he could cross from French West Africa to the Gazelle River, and stake the French claim that would ensure a seat at the conference table.
Three Empires on the Nile Dominic Green 2007
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The first marshmallow peeps to cross the Atlantic without a water vehicle were launched from Newport News, VA in September 1948 and arrived in Mauritania then French West Africa five months later.
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From 1904 it became part of French West Africa, having been subjugated as the French colony of Cote d'Ivoire in 1893.
ANC Today 2003
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From 1904 it became part of French West Africa, having been subjugated as the
ANC Today 2003
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In 1958, he was the only leader in French West Africa to push for immediate independence when others chose to continue their association with France.
1951 2001
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In order to impose administrative authority and regularity on vast areas recently conquered, the French minister of colonies established the office of governor-general of French West Africa, based in Senegal.
1864 2001
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