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British Somaliland

–noun
a former British protectorate in E Africa, on the Gulf of Aden: now the N part of Somalia.
Former official name, Somaliland Protectorate.
Compare Somalia.
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British Somaliland  
A former British protectorate of eastern Africa in present-day northwest Somalia on the Gulf of Aden. It was combined with Italian Somaliland in 1960 to form Somalia.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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