british east africa

1. 1.

   the former British territories of eastern Africa, including Kenya, Tanganyika, Uganda, and Zanzibar

   Broaderdistrict

   Part ofBritish Empire

Questions about british east africa

What does british east africa mean?

british east africa means "the former British territories of eastern Africa, including Kenya, Tanganyika, Uganda, and Zanzibar".

Is british east africa a common word?

british east africa is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.