Bioko

American  

[bee-oh-koh] / biˈoʊ koʊ /

noun

1. an island in the Bight of Biafra, near the western coast of Africa: a province of Equatorial Guinea. About 800 sq. mi. (2,072 sq. km).

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Bioko British  

/ baɪˈəʊkəʊ /

noun

1. Former names: Fernando Po.   Macías Nguema.  an island in the Gulf of Guinea, off the coast of Cameroon: part of Equatorial Guinea. Capital: Malabo. Area: 2017 sq km (786 sq miles)

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Example Sentences

It’s divided into two parts: the mainland, home to Bata, and an island called Bioko, about 150 miles to the northwest, where the capital, Malabo, is located.

From Washington Post

In February, Hoffman says, a trial will begin on the island of Bioko, 32 kilometres off the coast of West Africa, where malaria is endemic.

From Nature

The trial on Bioko island, which has a population of about 280,000 people, is the first large test of the vaccine in a region where malaria occurs.

From Nature

The impetus was a DNA test that revealed Hall’s ancestors were the Yoruba people from Nigeria and the Bubi from Bioko Island off the west coast of Africa.

From Washington Post

But Seiffert told him that Zenkerella specimens had been spotted on Bioko before, so Fernandez showed his neighbors a picture of the funny little creature and asked them to keep an eye out for it.

From Washington Post