Sentence examples for were ceded from inspiring English sources

The islands were ceded to Greece in 1864.

Though some children were ceded voluntarily, the vast majority were forcibly removed.

By the treaty, large areas in west and northwest Persia were ceded to the Ottomans.

[11] Essequibo, Demerara and Berbice were Dutch colonies until 1814, when they were ceded to Britain.

Minorca and Florida were ceded to the Spanish, but Gibraltar was retained.

Both were ceded by Bhutan to the British at the end of the Bhutan War (1864 65).

In 1919 four small Bulgarian territories in the southeast, including Strumica, were ceded to the new state.

After World War I, 128 square miles of territory were ceded to Yugoslavia and 172 square miles to Italy.

The first two partitions affected only the East Slav lands of Lithuania, which were ceded to Russia.

When these were ceded to him through peaceful negotiations in 1810, Kamehameha was undisputed ruler of the entire island group.

In 1825 Chinsurah and other Dutch settlements were ceded to the British in exchange for holdings in Sumatra Indonesiaa).