Oil Rivers
Americannoun
plural noun
Example Sentences
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They were formerly regarded as within the Oil Rivers district, sometimes spoken of as the Oil Coast.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 1 "Calhoun" to "Camoens" by Various
The Oil Rivers, which send out the greatest quantity of trade on the West Coast possessions, subsist entirely on palm oil for it.
From Travels in West Africa by Kingsley, Mary H.
It is a charm I have never met with as indigenous in the South-West or Oil Rivers Fetish, and I think it has a heavier trace of Mohammedan influence in it than the Fangaree charm.
From West African studies by Kingsley, Mary Henrietta
They had been together for four months after their marriage, and then had come a hiatus of four years, during which he was flitting about between St. Helena and the Oil Rivers in a gunboat.
From Beyond the City by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir
Thereupon Consul Hewitt, in accordance with instructions from London, established British supremacy at the Oil Rivers, Old and New Calabar, and several other points adjoining the Niger delta as far west as Lagos.
From The Development of the European Nations, 1870-1914 (5th ed.) by Rose, John Holland
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