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French West Africa
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English
Etymology
English rendering of en fr Afrique Occidentale française.
Proper noun
French West Africa
en Q210682 en historical en A federation of <<former>> French <<colonies>> in <<r/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).
Derived terms
en French West African
Translations
former federation of French colonies in West Africa
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb Fransk Vest-Afrika
See also
en French Equatorial Africa
en French North Africa
(Union of) French Indo-China
References
WorldStatesMen Senegal