Definition of PROTECTORATE

Examples of protectorate in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Europe’s scramble for Africa saw Zanzibar become a British protectorate in 1890, then finally, a violent 1964 revolution led to Zanzibar’s union with Tanganyika, now known as Tanzania. — Sarah Khan, New York Times, "Zanzibar in the Rain," 22 Jan. 2020 In 1942, during World War II, Japanese forces captured the British protectorate of North Borneo. — BostonGlobe.com, "This day in history," 19 Jan. 2020 Published two years before the end of France’s protectorate in Morocco, The Simple Past was a journey to the end of the colonial night, written with an intransigence and fury that Louis-Ferdinand Céline might have admired. — Adam Shatz, The New York Review of Books, "Driss Chraïbi & the Novel Morocco Had to Ban," 2 Jan. 2020 Before gaining independence from the United Kingdom in 1978, Tuvalu was part of Britain’s Gilbert and Ellice Islands protectorate. — Alexander Lee, Washington Post, "Tuvalu is a tiny island nation of 11,000 people. It’s cashing in thanks to Twitch.," 23 Dec. 2019 But for Russia, the reshuffling of northeastern Syria, which had in recent years been a virtual American protectorate, yielded two main benefits. — New York Times, "In Syria, Russia Is Pleased to Fill an American Void," 15 Oct. 2019 In the United States dengue is found only in Puerto Rico and a few other offshore territories and protectorates. — Helen Branswell, STAT, "New data on Takeda’s dengue vaccine look promising, but with troubling exception," 23 Nov. 2019 Dengue is found only in Puerto Rico and a few other U.S. offshore territories and protectorates. — Ed Silverman, STAT, "A Takeda vaccine for dengue appears effective, but the story is nuanced," 6 Nov. 2019 And then gradually over the years, British protectorates were established throughout the territory. — Aisha Salaudeen, CNN, "Burna Boy reflects on Nigeria's independence with his new music video 'Another Story'," 1 Oct. 2019

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