Oil Rivers

American  

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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Oil Rivers British  

plural noun

1. the delta of the Niger River in S Nigeria

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Oil Rivers

I therefore proposed to run south and to revisit my old quarters, 'F.Po' and the Oil Rivers, in the B. and A. s.s.

From To The Gold Coast for Gold, Vol. II A Personal Narrative by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

In 1882 headmen engage for the Oil Rivers at 1_l._, and 'boys' for 10_s._ to 12_s._

From To The Gold Coast for Gold, Vol. II A Personal Narrative by Burton, Richard Francis, 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

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

In fact, to make a clean breast of it, I do not believe big chiefs are properly buried in the Oil Rivers at all.

From West African studies by Kingsley, Mary Henrietta