Biafra

Biafra

English

Etymology

After the Bight of Biafra.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /biˈɑfɹə/

Proper noun

Biafra

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

Derived terms

• Biafran

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

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bja.fʁa/

Proper noun

Biafra m

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

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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