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Definition of white man's grave in English English dictionary
- Africa, or more specifically, western Africa or Sierra Leone. By extension, any other land subject to Western colonialism or missionizing that is comparably deadly
Not only this, but it is also much higher than the death-rate of such insanitary places as Borne, Venice, Hamburg, and Munich, and actually falls not far short of the rate recorded in that white man's grave Calcutta.
white man's grave
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White man's graveTurkish pronunciation
hwayt mänz greyvSynonyms
white men's gravePronunciation
/ˈhwīt ˈmanz ˈgrāv/ /ˈhwaɪt ˈmænz ˈɡreɪv/
Etymology
() * The nickname is a result of the high mortality rate among white missionary and colonists in Africa, due to the tropical climate, diseases, and sanitation.Resimler
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