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Transnigerian

Transnigerian adjective: crossing or spanning the Niger (river or valley).

Adjective

Transnigerian (not comparable)

  1. Crossing or spanning the Niger (river or valley).
    • ... who had been in the expedition of Colonel Combes, published a very accurate map of the adjoining parts of the Soudan and French Guinea, and that, in 1895, Colonel Marchand gave a very complete map of his Transnigerian plan.1901, The International Quarterly, page 521
    • His explorations in search of an improved route to the Gulf of Guinea from the valley of the Niger resulted in a scheme for the Transnigerian Railway between the Bandama and Niger rivers.1905, New International Encyclopedia, page 45

Origin of Transnigerian

From trans- + Nigerian.

Questions about Transnigerian

What does Transnigerian mean?
Transnigerian means crossing or spanning the Niger (river or valley).
What part of speech is Transnigerian?
Transnigerian is an adjective.

Words near Transnigerian in the dictionary

  1. transneptunian objects
  2. transness
  3. transneural
  4. transneuronal
  5. transneuronally
  6. Transnigerian
  7. Transnistria
  8. Transnistrian
  9. Transnistrians
  10. transnitrosating
  11. transnitrosation

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