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Oil Rivers

Oil Rivers proper noun: the Niger Delta, once a major producer of palm oil, established as a British protectorate in 1884.

Proper noun

the Oil Rivers

  1. (historical) The Niger Delta, once a major producer of palm oil, established as a British protectorate in 1884.

Questions about Oil Rivers

What does Oil Rivers mean?
Oil Rivers means the Niger Delta, once a major producer of palm oil, established as a British protectorate in 1884.
What part of speech is Oil Rivers?
Oil Rivers is a proper noun.

Words near Oil Rivers in the dictionary

  1. oil refining
  2. oil reservoir
  3. oil reservoirs
  4. oil rig
  5. oil rigs
  6. Oil Rivers
  7. oil sand
  8. oil sands
  9. oil shale
  10. oil shales
  11. oil slick

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