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British Colony Until 1997 Crossword Clue

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99%8Exact Match!
noun

• formerly a Crown Colony on the coast of southern China in Guangdong province; leased by China to Britain in 1842 and returned in 1997; one of the world's leading commercial centers

36%6 South American country, a British colony until 1966
noun

• a republic in northeastern South America; formerly part of the British Empire, but it achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1966

36%7 Capital of Kazakhstan until 1997
noun

• the largest city in Kazakhstan and the capital until 1998

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