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WHAT DOES BIGHT OF BONNY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Bight of Bonny

Bight of Bonny

The Bight of Bonny is a bight off the West African coast, in the easternmost part of the Gulf of Guinea. It extends from the river delta of the Niger in the north until it reaches Cape Lopez in Gabon. Countries located at the Bight of Bonny are Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, and Gabon.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BIGHT OF BONNY

Bight of Biafra
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WORDS THAT END LIKE BIGHT OF BONNY

a pretty penny
benny
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gironny
granny
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jenny
johnny
Kenny
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Synonyms and antonyms of Bight of Bonny in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «Bight of Bonny» into 25 languages

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Translator English - Chinese

邦尼的海岸线
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Ensenada de hermoso
570 millions of speakers

English

Bight of Bonny
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

स्वास्थ के खलीज
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

غرور من بوني
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Байт из Bonny
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Baía de Bonny
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সুখী
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Enfoncement de Bonny
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bight of Bonny
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Bucht von Bonny
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ボニーの湾
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

버니 의 하천의 만곡부
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Bight of Bonny
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Bight của Bonny
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பான்னி பட்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बॉनचा थोडा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Bonny´nin yarısı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Bight di Bonny
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Zatoka z Bonny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Байт з Bonny
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Golful Bonny
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Όρμο της Bonny
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Bog van Bonny
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Bukten Bonny
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Bight of Bonny
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Bight of Bonny

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BIGHT OF BONNY»

The term «Bight of Bonny» is barely ever used and occupies the 199.569 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BIGHT OF BONNY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Bight of Bonny

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BIGHT OF BONNY»

Discover the use of Bight of Bonny in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Bight of Bonny and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Be Afra
It was renamed Bight of Benin, and Bight of Biafra was renamed Bight of Bonny “ within independent Nigeria in 1972, when after the Biafran War, the Nigeria government wanted to remove the name of the secessionist Biafra.”526 The bight  ...
Oladipo G. B. Ogunseitan, 2010
2
The Slave Trade and Culture in the Bight of Biafra: An ...
“The Sources of Supply for the Atlantic Slave Exports from the Bight of Benin and the Bight of Bonny (Biafra).” In De la Traite. See Daget 1988b. 1992a. “Export versus Domestic Demand: The Determinants of Sex Ratios in the Transatlantic ...
G. Ugo Nwokeji, 2010
3
The African Diaspora and the Disciplines
Genetically, we are still able to recognize a distinctive “Bight of Bonny” signal among the current descendant population that appears to translate into increased susceptibilities for aggressive, early onset, and hormone-resistant forms of breast ...
Tejumola Olaniyan, James Hoke Sweet, 2010
4
Landforms of Nigeri: Bakassi, Niger Delta, Bight of Bonny, ...
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
LLC Books, 2010
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Commerce and Economic Change in West Africa: The Palm Oil ...
... rainfall pattern, 49 Bight of Biafra, British consulate, 161 centre of oil trade, 28, 32 firearms imports, 69 map. 36 oil trade, 15, 17 18, 20-2,41,60 slave trade. 1 2, 32, 60 Bight of Bonny, see Bight of Biafra Blaize, Richard, 140, 141, 155 Bold. E..
Martin Lynn, 2002
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Library of Congress Subject Headings
... family Bonwell family Bonywell family Bonno (Buddhism) USE Vice (Buddhism) Bonnor family USE Bonner family Bonny, Bight of USE Biafra, Bight of Bonny dialect USE Ibani dialect Bonny family USE Bonney family Bonny Reservoir ( Colo.) ...
Library of Congress. Cataloging Policy and Support Office, 2005
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Political Organization in Nigeria Since the Late Stone Age: ...
... Supply for the Atlantic Slave Exports from the Bight of Benin and the Bight of Bonny (Biafra),” Sierge Daget (ed.), De la Traite a l'Esclavage: Acts du Colloque International sur la Traite des Noirs, 3 vols. (Nantes, 1988), II, 355. Northrup ( 1978) ...
John Oriji, 2011
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Routes to Slavery: Direction, Ethnicity and Mortality in the ...
... David Northrup, Trade without Rulers: Pre-colonial Economic Development in South-eastern Nigeria (Oxford, 1978), pp.60-2; J.E. Inikori, 'The Sources of Supply for the Atlantic Slave Exports from the Bight of Benin and the Bight of Bonny ...
David Eltis, David Richardson, 2013
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The Future That Vanished: A Biafra Story
We know for certain that the Nigerian Government changed the Bight of Biafra to the Bight of Bonny. It was a source of pride for my colleagues in the Biafra Navy and me, that despite the enormous effort exerted by the forces available to ...
P. J. Odu, 2009
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Utrata Fachwörterbuch: Geographie - ...
... STP, GAB) Bight of Bonny (Bight of Biafra) (Gulf of Guinea) (NGR, CMR, GEQ, STP, GAB) Bucht von Brest f(Atlantik) (FRA) Roadstead of Brest (Atlantic) (FRA) Bucht von Brunei f(Südchinesisches Meer) (MAS, BRU) Brunei Bay (South China  ...
Jürgen Utrata, 2014

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BIGHT OF BONNY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Bight of Bonny is used in the context of the following news items.
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Top 5 Destinations In Cross Rivers State
... River Plains (30m) to the west, and down to the Bight of Bonny coastal plains to the south, Coastal mangrove wetlands interlaced with creeks, ... «Nigerian Bulletin, May 15»
2
Nigeria Energy Profile: Largest Oil Producer In Africa - Analysis
... and the Bight of Bonny. Current exploration activities are mostly focused in the deep and ultra-deep offshore. NNPC had undertaken onshore ... «Eurasia Review, Feb 15»
3
Biafra Lest We Forget: Forgive, But Never Forget
'Bight of Biafra'' was removed and replaced with ''Bight of Bonny''. Even our fore fathers in a popular proverb recognize the importance of ... «spyghana.com, Jan 15»
4
The Indomitable Lions
Situated on the western coast of Africa, Cameroon has and continues to hold great value to traders for it's water access on the Bight of Bonny, ... «The Smart Set, Jun 14»
5
Nigeria's oil industry after GDP rebasing
... and the Bight of Bonny. Current exploration activities are mostly focused in the deep and ultra-deep offshore with some activities in the Chad ... «BusinessDay, Apr 14»
6
Latest Piracy Analysis from OPINTEL
... supply vessel PRINCE JOSEPH 1 and kidnapping three crewmembers near position 04 17 N - 007 53 E, Bight of Bonny, off Akwa Ibom State. «MarineLink, Mar 14»
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593 - Greenland by Way of a Drainpipe: Accidental Cartography IV
But in combination with the Bight of Bonny and the straight-ish line south to the Cape of Good Hope, this is unmistakably Africa. It's a small step from the ... «Big Think, Jan 13»
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Nigerian Navy to conduct fleet evaluation exercise to comb Niger …
... Ameen Ikioda, confirmed to Channels TV that “the exercise will be carried out around the bight of Bonny Island, with the main focus on Acasa, ... «CHANNELS, Nov 12»
9
Bakassi, a Future So Uncertain
... of mangrove swamp and half submerged Island, protruding to what was formally known as Bight of Biafra but now known as Bight of Bonny. «THISDAY Live, Oct 12»
10
Nigeria Energy Profile: Development Constrained By Instability In …
... and the Bight of Bonny. Current exploration activities are mostly focused in the deep and ultra-deep offshore with some activities in the Chad ... «Eurasia Review, Aug 11»

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