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Oil Rivers

–noun
a region in W Africa, comprising the vast Niger River delta: formerly a British protectorate; now a part of Nigeria.
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Oil Rivers   (oil)   
A large delta region of the Niger River in southern Nigeria. The Oil Rivers Protectorate was administered by the British Royal Niger Company from 1885 to 1893.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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