French West Africa
- a former federation of French territories in NW Africa (1895-1959). Its constituent territories were Senegal, Mauritania, French Sudan (now Mali), Upper Volta (now Burkina), Niger, French Guinea (now Guinea), the Ivory Coast, and Dahomey (now Benin).法属西非（1895 -1959年非洲西北部前法属领地组成的联邦, 包括塞内加尔、毛里塔尼亚、法属苏丹［现在的马里］、上沃尔特［现在的布基纳］、尼日尔、法属几内亚［现在的几内亚］、象牙海岸和达荷美［现在的贝宁］）。