former French colony
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concept
A former French colony is a territory that was once governed or administered by France as part of its overseas empire but has since gained independence or undergone a change in political status.
Observed surface forms (10)
- French colonial territory ×2
- French colony ×2
- former French colonial territory ×2
- former colonial territory ×2
- former protectorate ×2
- French colonial possession ×1
- constituent territory of French Indochina ×1
- former French colonial federation ×1
- former French protectorate ×1
- successor to the French colonial empire ×1
Instances (18)
- French Equatorial Africa via concept surface "French colonial territory"
- French Indochina
- French North Africa via concept surface "former colonial territory"
- Tonkin via concept surface "former French protectorate"
- French West Africa via concept surface "former French colonial federation"
- Protectorate of Annam via concept surface "former protectorate"
- Acadia
- New France via concept surface "French colonial territory"
- French Union via concept surface "successor to the French colonial empire"
- Kwang-Chou-Wan
- French colony of Saint-Domingue via concept surface "French colony"
- French Algeria
- Portuguese America via concept surface "former colonial territory"
- Brunei British protectorate via concept surface "former protectorate"
- French Ubangi-Shari via concept surface "former French colonial territory"
- Chandannagar
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Ubangi-Shari territory
via concept surface "former French colonial territory"
surface form: Ubangi-Shari
- Nam Kỳ