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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Christmas revellers descended on Nigeria's southern port city of Calabar this weekend for its festive carnival dubbed "Africa's biggest street party".
From BBC ● Dec. 29, 2024
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
On Friday night, Sweet delivered his presidential address, titled “Slave Trading as a Corporate Criminal Conspiracy, from the Calabar Massacre to BLM, 1767–2022,” in front of a standing-room crowd.
From New York Times ● Jan. 8, 2023
He has now moved out of Lagos to Calabar in southern Nigeria, where he says life is calmer and moves at a much slower pace.
From BBC ● Feb. 14, 2022
Baby was with the younger children, crowded near the banana trees, listening to Papa Oji telling a story of how he shot down an enemy plane in Calabar with his pistol.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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