Calabar
Americannoun
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a river in SE Nigeria. About 70 miles (113 km) long.
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a seaport near the mouth of this river.
noun
Example Sentences
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Goodluck Jonathan – who served from 2010 to 2015 – had a relatively balanced team of two ethnic Fulanis, two Hausas, one Atyap, one Igbo, one Yoruba and one Calabar.
From BBC • May 26, 2025
The contract signed with Nigeria’s government in 2010 was for the company to build a gas processing plant in the southeastern port city of Calabar.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 23, 2023
The 26-year-old still vividly recalls that Thursday afternoon seven years ago at Nigeria's University of Calabar, converging with fellow students around three tables with a cadaver laid out on each.
From BBC • Aug. 1, 2021
In Nigeria, she was a visiting professor of English at the University of Calabar in 1980 and 1981.
From New York Times • Feb. 10, 2017
“It means Calabar will never fall,” Mrs. Muokelu said, and began to ring the bell.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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