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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How to use Oil Rivers in a sentence
In fact, to make a clean breast of it, I do not believe big chiefs are properly buried in the Oil Rivers at all.
West African studies | Mary Henrietta KingsleyI think that undoubtedly this region is that of the Oil Rivers.
West African studies | Mary Henrietta KingsleyThe Oil Rivers, as far as Rio del Rey, are controlled by the British.
The World and Its People: Book VII | Anna B. Badlam
British Dictionary definitions for Oil Rivers
Oil Rivers
pl n
the delta of the Niger River in S Nigeria
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