Sentence examples of "colony" in English

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Translations: all4 colonie4
At one time Nigeria was a British colony. À une certaine époque, le Nigeria était une colonie britannique.
Since Puerto Rico is a US colony, Puerto Rico's head of state is the President of the USA, but inhabitants of Puerto Rico are not allowed to vote in US presidential elections. Comme Porto Rico est une colonie étasunienne, le chef de l'État de Porto Rico est le Président des USA, mais les habitants de Porto Rico n'ont pas le droit de voter aux élections présidentielles étasusiennes.
After the war, Britain had many colonies. Après la guerre, la Grande-Bretagne avait de nombreuses colonies.
France used to have many colonies in Africa. La France avait de nombreuses colonies en Afrique.
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