English Explanatory Dictionary

French West Africa

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A federation of former French colonies in West Africa existing from 1895 to 1958, consisting of Dahomey (Benin), French Guinea (Guinea), the French Sudan (Mali), Ivory Coast, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal and Upper Volta (Burkina Faso).

Word forms

French West Africa

Etymology

English rendering of French Afrique Occidentale française.

Related words

French Equatorial Africa French North Africa French Indo-China
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