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Cross River

Cross River proper noun: a river in Nigeria and Cameroon.

Proper noun

Cross River

  1. A river in Nigeria and Cameroon.
  2. A state of Nigeria in the South South geopolitical zone. Capital and largest city: Calabar.
    • The Efik people of Calabar, along with several other ethnic groups in the Cross River region, believed that twins were an evil omen.2025 November 25, Segun Dukeh, “Who Stopped the Killing of Twins in Nigeria?”, in The Guardian
  3. A hamlet in the town of Lewisboro, Westchester County, New York, United States, by a river with the same name.

Questions about Cross River

What does Cross River mean?
Cross River means a river in Nigeria and Cameroon.
What part of speech is Cross River?
Cross River is a proper noun.

Words near Cross River in the dictionary

  1. cross product
  2. cross products
  3. cross purpose
  4. cross purposes
  5. cross resistance
  6. Cross River
  7. cross road
  8. cross roads
  9. cross sea
  10. cross seas
  11. cross section

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