Explore Calabar through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Calabar meaning
The largest city and state capital of Cross River State, Nigeria.
Using Calabar
- The main meaning on this page is: The largest city and state capital of Cross River State, Nigeria.
- In the example corpus, calabar often appears in combinations such as: in calabar, of calabar, the calabar.
Context around Calabar
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 11 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Calabar
- In this selection, "calabar" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, bakassi, south, cross and carnival stand out and add context to how "calabar" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include airport in calabar cross river and akim and calabar main markets. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "calabar" sits close to words such as accuser, aden and adoptive, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with calabar
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Margaret Ekpo International Airport in Calabar, Cross River State, is the seventh busiest airport in Nigeria. (16 words)
A participants poses for a photograph as she parades during Calabar Carnival in Calabar on December 28, 2024. (18 words)
In Calabar, the capital of Cross River State, Tinubu re-echoed his message of economic prosperity to Nigerians. (18 words)
Dr. Maurice O. Ekong is an Environmentalist and an Oil and Gas Expert with over 20 years of experience in the upstream and downstream sectors of the industry, he writes from Calabar Municipality, Cross River State. (36 words)
He also restrained the ETC from conducting any election or selection of an Obong of Calabar without the participation of Etubom Ani and Mbiabo Ikoneto, as doing otherwise would render such acts null and avoid. (35 words)
Two of such vessels called at Calabar last year and it was in the news two weeks ago that the Calabar ports generated about N3bn in the first three months of this year. (33 words)
Example sentences (20)
A participants poses for a photograph as she parades during Calabar Carnival in Calabar on December 28, 2024.
There were banners with bold inscriptions at the gate of the University of Calabar, near the Akim and Calabar main markets warning people against witchcraft attacks on their business, families, and estate.
Some residents of Calabar, Cross River State capital, have commended the state government for commencing the dualisation of the Calabar-Odukpani federal highway.
Two of such vessels called at Calabar last year and it was in the news two weeks ago that the Calabar ports generated about N3bn in the first three months of this year.
Bassey who is the APC House of Representatives candidate for Calabar South/Akpabuyo/Bakassi Federal Constituency, noted that he had always played by the rule in politics.
Cross River State Governor, Sen. Ben Ayade has described the sudden death of Calabar South Local Government Chairperson, Mrs. Esther Bassey as painful and devastating.
Deputy Speaker of the Cross River State House of Assembly, Joseph Bassey, has been declared winner of the Akpabuyo/Bakassi/Calabar South Federal Constituency election.
Dr. Maurice O. Ekong is an Environmentalist and an Oil and Gas Expert with over 20 years of experience in the upstream and downstream sectors of the industry, he writes from Calabar Municipality, Cross River State.
Governor of Cross River State, Sen. Bassey Otu has undertaken an on-the-spot tour of ongoing construction of a 2km concrete road project at Nyong Edem in Calabar South.
Gunmen on Thursday abducted the embattled Dean of Law Faculty, University of Calabar, Prof Cyril Ndifon, the Punch reports.
He also restrained the ETC from conducting any election or selection of an Obong of Calabar without the participation of Etubom Ani and Mbiabo Ikoneto, as doing otherwise would render such acts null and avoid.
He made this known in Calabar while speaking on preparations for the census before being rescheduled by the president.
In Calabar, the capital of Cross River State, Tinubu re-echoed his message of economic prosperity to Nigerians.
In their statement made available to newsmen in Calabar and signed by Elder Arthur Etta, they noted that both share a special relationship.
It said the governor stated this while speaking on the death of former president of the Nigerian Bar Association, Thursday in Calabar.
Margaret Ekpo International Airport in Calabar, Cross River State, is the seventh busiest airport in Nigeria.
Prince Ojoi Ekpenyong, the managing director of the Cross River State Tourism Bureau, disclosed this in Calabar, during a media parley and engagement with stakeholders in the sector.
Professor Gabriel Yomere, Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Cross River, made this known in Calabar during an interview with Newsmen.
The bodies of three students who went missing when the boat they were in capsized in Calabar on Saturday have been recovered.
The busiest route is Calabar – Abuja, with 11 (or 61.1 percent) departures per week, while Lagos has only seven.
Common combinations with calabar
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- in calabar 64×
- of calabar 42×
- the calabar 13×
- calabar and 10×
- calabar on 9×
- calabar cross 8×
- calabar the 8×
- calabar south 7×
- to calabar 7×
- calabar carnival 6×