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BiafraenUK
Bi·a·fra B0225900 (bē-ăf′rə, -ä′frə) A region of southern Nigeria on the Bight of Biafra, an arm of the Gulf of Guinea stretching from the Niger River delta to northern Gabon. It formed a secessionist state from May 1967 to January 1970.
Bi·a′fran adj. & n.Biafra (bɪˈæfrə) n1. (Placename) a region of E Nigeria, formerly a local government region: seceded as an independent republic (1967–70) during the Civil War, but defeated by Nigerian government forces2. (Placename) Bight of Biafra former name (until 1975) of (the Bight of) BonnyBi•a•fra (biˈɑ frə)
n. 1. a former secessionist state (1967–70) in SE Nigeria, in W Africa. Cap.: Enugu. 2. Bight of, a wide bay in the E part of the Gulf of Guinea off the W coast of Africa. Bi•a′fran, adj., n. TranslationsBiafraenUK
Biafra1. a region of E Nigeria, formerly a local government region: seceded as an independent republic (1967--70) during the Civil War, but defeated by Nigerian government forces 2. Bight of. former name (until 1975) of (the Bight of) Bonny Biafrasecessionist state of western Africa in which, during war with Nigeria, more than 1,000,000 people died of starvation (1968). [African Hist.: NCE, 290]See: Hunger |