british west africa

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   the former British territories of western Africa, including Nigeria, Cameroon, Gambia, Togo, Sierra Leone, and the Gold Coast

   Broaderdistrict

   Part ofWest AfricaBritish Empire

Questions about british west africa

What does british west africa mean?

british west africa means "the former British territories of western Africa, including Nigeria, Cameroon, Gambia, Togo, Sierra Leone, and the Gold Coast".

Is british west africa a common word?

british west 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.