Biafranadj.n.
/bɪˈafrən/, /bʌɪˈafrən/, U.S. /biˈæfrən/, West African English /biˈafran/ A. adj.
Of or pertaining to Biafra, a region in West Africa that seceded from federal Nigeria in 1967 and was reunited with it in 1970.
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the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Africa > [adjective] > West Africa > specific countries
Guinean1607
Congoese1765
Liberian1823
Congolese1839
Gambian1864
Mali1906
Senegambian1911
Togolese1957
Mauritanian1959
Malian1963
Ivorian1966
Biafran1967
Upper Voltan1972
1967 Times 27 July 4/2 Enugu radio claimed today that the Biafran air force..had killed about 1,000 federal troops.
1969 Listener 8 May 634/2 They have British armoured cars which are almost invulnerable to Biafran weapons. They have so many big guns and mortars that they can lay continuous barrages on the Biafrans.
B. n.
A native or inhabitant of Biafra.
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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Africa > native or inhabitant of West Africa > [noun] > countries or regions
Guinean1589
Kongo1600
Gambian1744
Guinea Negro1748
Congoese1765
Sierra Leonean1791
Congolese1800
Liberian1826
Guinea-man1830
Nigerian1860
Lagosian1897
Basenji1906
Ghanaian1949
assimilado1953
Mali1960
Malian1960
Katangese1962
Biafran1967
Zairean1972
Ivorian1973
Zairois1973
Zairese1974
Upper Voltan1975
Voltaic1976
1967 Guardian 19 June 1/4 The Biafrans naively thought them dead, ambled up, and were themselves killed.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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