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
And an empty seat is always reserved for the British monarch during the coronation of the traditional leader of Calabar, known as the Obong.
From BBC • Jun. 4, 2022
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
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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