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Biafra

US/biˈɑfɹə/

Biafra proper noun: a short-lived secessionist state that declared independence from Nigeria in the late 1960s.

Proper noun

Biafra

  1. (historical) A short-lived secessionist state that declared independence from Nigeria in the late 1960s.
  2. (historical) A region of West Africa.
  3. The region of Nigeria that includes the territory of the former Republic of Biafra.

Origin of Biafra

After the Bight of Biafra.

Words formed from Biafra

Questions about Biafra

What does Biafra mean?
Biafra means a short-lived secessionist state that declared independence from Nigeria in the late 1960s.
What part of speech is Biafra?
Biafra is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Biafra?
Biafra is pronounced /biˈɑfɹə/ (US).

Words near Biafra in the dictionary

  1. biadjoint
  2. biadjunction
  3. biadjunctions
  4. Biafara
  5. biaffine
  6. Biafra
  7. Biafran
  8. Biafrans
  9. Biagini
  10. Biaginis
  11. Biainili

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Biafra (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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