Sentence examples of "colonie" in French with translation "colony"

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À une certaine époque, le Nigeria était une colonie britannique. At one time Nigeria was a British colony.
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. 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.
L'Angleterre a établi beaucoup de colonies. England established many colonies.
La France avait de nombreuses colonies en Afrique. France used to have many colonies in Africa.
Après la guerre, la Grande-Bretagne avait de nombreuses colonies. After the war, Britain had many colonies.
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