protectorate

Example Sentences

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The former British protectorate is heavily dependent on the country which completely surrounds it - South Africa.

From BBC

We can save the nation, and the union, while not breaking it up by states or counties — or ceding our reddest counties to the protectorate of Putin's lame alt-NATO, the CSTO.

From Salon

Lebanon and France have historic ties and the small Arab nation was a French protectorate after World War I until independence in 1943.

From Seattle Times

Six of its emirates ceased being British protectorates 50 years ago when they joined in a federation.

From Reuters

He was born to a British mother and French-Vietnamese father - both were teachers - and his paternal grandfather was prime minister of South Vietnam in the 1950s when it was a French protectorate.

From BBC