Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- 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.
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- proper noun A short-lived
secessionist state in southernNigeria in the late 1960s.
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Examples
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Yet, the tireless efforts of Dr. Johnson and other churchmen clergy and laity -- to relieve the suffering in Biafra is evidence enough of the primary and essential role of the church: the maintenance of the highest standard of human concern.
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Adichie's family experienced the war in Biafra and from this comes her latest book reviewed here last year Half of a Yellow Sun
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Adichie's family experienced the war in Biafra and from this comes her latest book reviewed here last year Half of a Yellow Sun
A Golden Age 2007
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We were all acutely aware of what was happening Eat your dinner, children in Biafra would make that last
Orange Observations 2007
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We were all acutely aware of what was happening Eat your dinner, children in Biafra would make that last
Orange Observations 2007
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Adichie's family experienced the war in Biafra and from this comes her latest book reviewed here last year Half of a Yellow Sun
A Golden Age 2007
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We were all acutely aware of what was happening Eat your dinner, children in Biafra would make that last
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He was there in Biafra throughout the war and witnessed atrocities and other things that went on.
Out of the Darkness 2006
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He was there in Biafra throughout the war and witnessed atrocities and other things that went on.
Out of the Darkness 2006
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We were all acutely aware of what was happening "Eat your dinner, children in Biafra would make that last a week" but until now I must confess I didn't really know the background.
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