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Fernando Po

Proper noun

Meaning

Fernando Po

Former name of Bioko (“African island”).

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

Bioko Island, called Fernando Po until the 1970s, is the largest island in the Gulf of Guinea - convert. Source: Internet

From 1827 to 1843, the United Kingdom had a base on Bioko to combat the slave trade "Fernando Po", Encyclopædia Britannica, 1911. Source: Internet

Sundiata, Ibrahim K. From slaving to neoslavery: the Bight of Biafra and Fernando Po in the era of abolition, 1827-1930. Source: Internet

It really permitted Fernando Po to become one of Africa's most productive agricultural areas after the Second World War. Source: Internet

It was this agreement which really permitted Fernando Po to become one of Africa's most productive agricultural areas after the Second World War. Source: Internet

With the ending of Liberian imports, the cocoa planters of Fernando Po turned to Rio Muni. Source: Internet

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