Biafra

English

Etymology

After the Bight of Biafra.

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /biˈɑfɹə/

Proper noun

Biafra

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

Derived terms

Translations

a short-lived secessionist state in southern Nigeria in the late 1960s

Danish: Biafra
Finnish: Biafra (fi)
French: Biafra (fr) m
Greek: Μπιάφρα (el) f (Biáfra)
Portuguese: Biafra f

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bja.fʁa/

Proper noun

Biafra m

Biafra (a short-lived secessionist state in southern Nigeria in the late 1960s)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /biˈa.fɾɐ/ [bɪˈa.fɾɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ˈbja.fɾɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /biˈa.fɾa/ [bɪˈa.fɾa], (faster pronunciation) /ˈbja.fɾa/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbja.fɾɐ/

Rhymes: -afɾɐ
Hyphenation: Bi‧a‧fra

Proper noun

Biafra f

Biafra (a short-lived secessionist state in southern Nigeria in the late 1960s)

Derived terms

biafrense

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