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Rhodesia and Nyasaland, Federation of
(Encyclopedia)Rhodesia and Nyasaland, Federation of, SE Africa, 1953–63, composed of the self-governing British colony of Southern Rhodesia and the British protectorates of Northern Rhodesia and Nyasaland. The ca...Nyasaland
(Encyclopedia)Nyasaland: see Malawi.Rhodesia
(Encyclopedia)Rhodesia: see Zimbabwe.Northern Rhodesia
(Encyclopedia)Northern Rhodesia: see Zambia.Southern Rhodesia
(Encyclopedia)Southern Rhodesia: see Zimbabwe. ...South Arabia, Federation of
(Encyclopedia)South Arabia, Federation of, federation, 1963–67, S Arabian peninsula, formed by the merger of the British colony of Aden with the Federation of the Emirates of the South, a British protectorate. Th...federation
(Encyclopedia)federation: see federal government. ...Federation of Malaysia
(Encyclopedia)Federation of Malaysia: see Malaysia. ...Federation of South Arabia
(Encyclopedia)Federation of South Arabia: see South Arabia, Federation of. ...Western Federation of Miners
(Encyclopedia)Western Federation of Miners (WFM), a radical labor union that organized the miners and smelter workers of the Rocky Mountain states. Created in 1893 by the merger of several local miners' unions, the...Browse by Subject
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