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单词 Biafran
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Definition of Biafran in English:

Biafran

adjective bɪˈafrən
  • Relating to the former state of Biafra, which reunited with Nigeria in 1970.

    an unofficial envoy for the Biafran government
    Example sentencesExamples
    • I remember Biafran stamps, currency notes and coins, photographs, receipts, letters and a small green hard backed pamphlet: The Ahiara Declaration.
    • By 1968, Port Harcourt and Enugu, the Biafran capital, had come under Nigerian control, making Biafra land-locked.
    • He was working as an adviser to the new Biafran government.
    • Now he found himself travelling around the world trying to drum up support for the Biafran cause.
    • He was imprisoned between 1967 and 1969 for his support of Biafran independence.
    • I was also the leader of the Federal delegation in April 1969 and late Justice Mbanefo led the Biafran delegation.
noun bɪˈafrən
  • A native or inhabitant of the former state of Biafra.

    I lived with the Biafrans for nine months
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Rather than continue with an artificial confederation established by the British, the Biafrans sought to form a smaller state with rational borders.
    • Many argued that the professor did not write a balanced account and wrote more as a Biafran than as a Nigerian.
    • Here we welcome all Biafrans irrespective of your group, religious, ethnic, educational, wealth and personal position.

Rhymes

saffron
 
 

Definition of Biafran in US English:

Biafran

adjective
  • Relating to the former state of Biafra, which reunited with Nigeria in 1970.

    an unofficial envoy for the Biafran government
    Example sentencesExamples
    • He was imprisoned between 1967 and 1969 for his support of Biafran independence.
    • I was also the leader of the Federal delegation in April 1969 and late Justice Mbanefo led the Biafran delegation.
    • He was working as an adviser to the new Biafran government.
    • By 1968, Port Harcourt and Enugu, the Biafran capital, had come under Nigerian control, making Biafra land-locked.
    • Now he found himself travelling around the world trying to drum up support for the Biafran cause.
    • I remember Biafran stamps, currency notes and coins, photographs, receipts, letters and a small green hard backed pamphlet: The Ahiara Declaration.
noun
  • A native or inhabitant of the former state of Biafra.

    I lived with the Biafrans for nine months
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Rather than continue with an artificial confederation established by the British, the Biafrans sought to form a smaller state with rational borders.
    • Here we welcome all Biafrans irrespective of your group, religious, ethnic, educational, wealth and personal position.
    • Many argued that the professor did not write a balanced account and wrote more as a Biafran than as a Nigerian.
 
 
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