Word: malayo
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Madagascar, the world's fourth-largest island, whose 5,000,000 inhabitants are largely descended from a far-voyaging group of Malayo-Polynesians who settled there perhaps 20 centuries ago, became the independent Malagasy Republic last week to the theme of banners reading "Long Live France, Country of Great Men!" Bulky, autocratic Philibert Tsiranana, the country's most popular figure, holds the offices of both President and Premier, and to avoid bothersome annoyance from Parliament, persuaded the legislators to give him the power to rule by decree. Though completely independent, the new republic will remain in the French...
| 1 |