- French West Africa
- geographical name former federation of French dependencies W Africa consisting of Dahomey, French Guinea, French Sudan, Ivory Coast, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, & Upper Volta
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French West Africa
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French West Africa — Afrique occidentale française Federation of French colonies ↓ … Wikipedia
French West Africa — French West Africa ( Afrique occidentale française ) was by 1913 a federation of eight French colonial possessions in Africa that extended, on an East West axis, from Senegal on the Atlantic coast to the border of Chad and, on a North South… … Encyclopedia of the Age of Imperialism, 1800–1914
French West Africa — former French overseas territory in W Africa, including the present countries of Senegal, Mali, Mauritania, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Benin, & Niger … English World dictionary
French West Africa — Most of the countries that make up the former French West Africa are predominantly Muslim, with a large presence of Roman Catholicism and indigenous religions. The small Protestant communities that were planted by missionaries have maintained… … Encyclopedia of Protestantism
French West Africa — a former French federation in W Africa, including Dahomey (now Benin), French Guinea, French Sudan (now Mali), Ivory Coast, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, and Upper Volta (now Burkina Fasso). * * * Former federation of French dependencies, western… … Universalium
French West Africa — 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 single governor general, comprising the… … Wiktionary
French West Africa — French′ West Af′rica n. geg a former French federation in W Africa, including Dahomey (now Benin), French Guinea, French Sudan (now Mali), Ivory Coast, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, and Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso) … From formal English to slang
French West Africa — noun a former federation of eight French overseas territories in western Africa: Dahomey (now Benin), French Guinea (now Guinea), French Sudan (now Mali), Côte d Ivoire, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, Dakar, and Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso) …
French West Africa — a former French federation in W Africa, including Dahomey (now Benin), French Guinea, French Sudan (now Mali), Ivory Coast, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, and Upper Volta (now Burkina Fasso) … Useful english dictionary
French West Africa — former colonies of France: Algeria, Chad, French Morocco, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, and Upper Volta … Eponyms, nicknames, and geographical games
