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French West Africa en · PROPN

Etymology

English rendering of French Afrique Occidentale française.

Meanings

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).

Relateds

French North Africa · French Indo-China (Union of) · French Equatorial Africa

Translations (1)

nb Fransk Vest-Afrika (former federation of French colonies in West Africa)