Oil Rivers


noun
  1. 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 Kingsley
  • I think that undoubtedly this region is that of the Oil Rivers.

    West African studies | Mary Henrietta Kingsley
  • The Oil Rivers, as far as Rio del Rey, are controlled by the British.

British Dictionary definitions for Oil Rivers

Oil Rivers

pl n
  1. the delta of the Niger River in S Nigeria

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