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Meanings of british colony in English

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Usage of british colony in English
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The former British colony has seen four months of often-violent anti-government protests.
Reuters
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Hong Kong, a former British colony, returned to Chinese rule in 1997.
Reuters
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Britain has long had tense ties with Zimbabwe, formerly a British colony.
Reuters
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To husbandmen and merchants agreeable prospects were opened in the British colonies.
An Historical Account of the Rise and Progress of the Colonies o...
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Chinese plans to impose new national security legislation on the former British colony.
Reuters
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The former British colony has been under military rule since a 1962 coup.
Reuters
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Ireland became the centre for training police for the British colonies.
The Irish Times
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It stopped being just a British colony and became something new and different.
Independent.ie
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Prices in the former British colony remain among the highest in the world.
Reuters
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Hong Kong, a former British colony, returned to China in 1997.
Reuters
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Numerous causes had contributed to the growth of the British colonies in America.
A Political and Social History of Modern Europe V.1.
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British people asking for British intervention in a former British colony.
The South African
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Meanwhile, their emancipation in England had secured their rights in the British colonies.
The Irish Race in the Past and the Present
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The British colonies were different in every way from the French.
The Passing of New France : a Chronicle of Montcalm
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But Beijing has lost patience with the former British colony's rebellious independence streak.
News.com.au
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Prices in the former British colony are among the highest in the world.
Reuters
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