North Borneo

noun

1. the former name (until 1963) of Sabah

Example Sentences

Yet that would be a fairly close parallel to what the chartered company is doing in British North Borneo.

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Though the chartered company has ruled in North Borneo for more than forty years, it has only nibbled at the edges of the country.

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For, mark you, the chartered company did not go to North Borneo from any altruistic motives.

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But the heartiest applause invariably greets the announcement that the North Borneo Company has declared a dividend.

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A different explanation of why the sky went up is current in British North Borneo.

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