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The original French colony established in the present-day area of the Republic of the Congo, Gabon and the Central African Republic (1880 - 1910), which later became French Equatorial Africa.
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French Congo — Congo français French colony ← … Wikipedia
French Congo — former name of the People s Republic of the Congo. * * * ▪ historical region, Africa French Congo Français, French possessions in Equatorial Africa from 1897 until 1910, when the colonies of Gabon, Middle Congo (Moyen Congo), and Ubangi… … Universalium
French Congo — French′ Con′go n. geg former name of the People s Republic of the Congo 1) … From formal English to slang
French Congo — noun a republic in west central Africa; achieved independence from France in 1960 • Syn: ↑Congo, ↑Republic of the Congo • Instance Hypernyms: ↑African country, ↑African nation • Part Holonyms: ↑Africa … Useful english dictionary
French Congo — geographical name see French Equatorial Africa … New Collegiate Dictionary
List of concessionnaires of the French Congo — In an attempt to develop the French Congo the government of France divided the territory in concessions for companies to develop. These several dozen companies controlled huge swaths of land, but had only limited success in trying to develop them … Wikipedia
Congo — • An account written before the annexation of the state by the Belgian government Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Congo Congo † … Catholic encyclopedia
Congo Free State — État indépendant du Congo Personal union with the Kingdom of Belgium ← … Wikipedia
Congo — Congo, Kongo, or Kongō may refer to: (Primarily from Kingdom of Kongo and related African names, also Japanese 金剛 Kongō, indestructible.) Contents 1 Places 1.1 Africa 1.2 Other 2 … Wikipedia
French Equatorial Africa — French Equatorial Africa (Afrique équatoriale française) was a federation of French colonies, stretching northward from the Congo River into the Sahara Desert. From 1880 to 1910, the French expanded their colonial empire into West and Central… … Encyclopedia of the Age of Imperialism, 1800–1914
