Biafra

English

Etymology

After the Bight of Biafra.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /biˈɑfɹə/

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.

Derived terms

• Biafran
• Bight of Biafra

 

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

1. 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/

• (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

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

Derived terms

• biafrense