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What does Biafra mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word Biafra? Here's what it means.

Proper noun
  1. (historical) A short-lived secessionist state in southern Nigeria in the late 1960s.
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One night, in the gulf of Biafra, between Fernando Po and the main land, we as usual had shortened sail.
Biafra is still hard at work deflating the great political personalities of the day.
Benjamin Sarlin talks to punk rock legend jello Biafra, who hounded him the first time.
The band's brand of psychedelic space rock has gained them many admirers from Thurston Moore and Julian Cope to Jello Biafra.
By 1968, Port Harcourt and Enugu, the Biafran capital, had come under Nigerian control, making Biafra land-locked.
Thirty-five years ago, Canadians led by Johnson and other church officials were among those who did their best to avert the genocide in Biafra.

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