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South West Africa
(Encyclopedia)South West Africa: see Namibia.Portuguese East Africa
(Encyclopedia)Portuguese East Africa: see Mozambique. ...Portuguese West Africa
(Encyclopedia)Portuguese West Africa: see Angola. ...Zaïre, river, Africa
(Encyclopedia)Zaïre, river, Africa: see Congo, river. ...Zaïre, country, Africa
(Encyclopedia)Zaïre, country, Africa: see Congo, Democratic Republic of the. ...French West Africa
(Encyclopedia)French West Africa, former federation of eight French overseas territories. The constituent territories were Dahomey (now Benin), French Guinea (now Guinea), French Sudan (now Mali), Côte d'Ivoire, M...French North Africa
(Encyclopedia)French North Africa, originally general name for Algeria, former French Morocco, and Tunisia. ...Union of South Africa
(Encyclopedia)Union of South Africa: see South Africa. ...Congo, river, Africa
(Encyclopedia)Congo zīˈēr, zäērˈ [key], great river of equatorial Africa, c.2,720 mi (4,380 km) long, formed by the waters of the Lualaba River and its tributary, the Luvua River, and flowing generally N and ...Italian East Africa
(Encyclopedia)Italian East Africa, former federation of the Italian colonies of Eritrea and Italian Somaliland and the kingdom of Ethiopia. The federation was formed (1936) to consolidate the administration of the ...Browse by Subject
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