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biafra

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Bi⋅a⋅fra

  [bee-ah-fruh]
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–noun
1. a former secessionist state (1967–70) in SE Nigeria, in W Africa. Capital: Enugu.
2. Bight of, a wide bay in the E part of the Gulf of Guinea, off the W coast of Africa.
Related forms:
Bi⋅a⋅fran, adjective, noun
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Bi·a·fra   (bē-āf'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.
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