Calabar

[ kal-uh-bahr, kal-uh-bahr ]

noun

1. a river in SE Nigeria. About 70 miles (113 km) long.
2. a seaport near the mouth of this river.

Calabar

/ ˈkæləˌbɑː /

noun

1. a port in SE Nigeria, capital of Cross River state. Pop: 418 000 (2005 est)

Example Sentences

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

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

At least 14 people have been killed and 24 others injured after a vehicle ploughed into crowds watching bikers at a popular carnival in Nigeria's southern port city of Calabar.

From BBC

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

The people of Duke Town in the southern Nigerian region of Calabar have strong ties with the British royal family, which go back to the 19th Century when one of their kings entered into a trade alliance with Queen Victoria.

From BBC