# Biafran

> English word · Adjective · frequency rank #77,456

## Definitions
1. Of, from or relating to Biafra.
2. Extremely skinny.

## Etymology
From Biafra + -an. The "skinny" sense is in reference to the images of extremely skinny Biafran refugees from the Nigerian Civil War that appeared plentifully in English-language media in the 1960s and 1970s.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/biafran