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PRONUNCIATION OF OIL RIVERS

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF OIL RIVERS

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Oil Rivers is a noun.
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WHAT DOES OIL RIVERS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Oil Rivers

Niger Delta

The Niger Delta, the delta of the Niger River in Nigeria, is a very densely populated region sometimes called the Oil Rivers because it was once a major producer of palm oil. The area was the British Oil Rivers Protectorate from 1885 until 1893, when it was expanded and became the Niger Coast Protectorate. View of the Niger Delta from space. North is on the left. The Niger Delta, as now defined officially by the Nigerian government, extends over about 70,000 km² and makes up 7.5% of Nigeria's land mass. Historically and cartographically, it consists of present day Bayelsa, Delta, and Rivers States. In 2000, however, Obasanjo's regime included Abia, Akwa-Ibom, Cross River State, Edo, Imo and Ondo States in the region. Some 31 million people of more than 40 ethnic groups including the Bini, Efik, Ibibio, Igbo, Annang, Oron, Ijaw, Itsekiri, Isoko, Urhobo, Ukwuani, and Kalabari, are among the inhabitants in the Niger Delta, speaking about 250 different dialects. The Niger Delta, and the "South South Zone", which includes Akwa Ibom State, Bayelsa State, Cross River State, Delta State, Edo State and Rivers State are two different entities.

Definition of Oil Rivers in the English dictionary

The definition of Oil Rivers in the dictionary is the delta of the Niger River in S Nigeria.

WORDS THAT END LIKE OIL RIVERS

Anvers
carvers
cleavers
covers
divers
estovers
leftovers
Nevers
peevers
Pitt-Rivers
revers
Rivers
salad servers
shivers
sidelevers
the shivers
Three Rivers
Travers
vers

Synonyms and antonyms of Oil Rivers in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «Oil Rivers» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF OIL RIVERS

Find out the translation of Oil Rivers to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Oil Rivers from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Oil Rivers» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

油河
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Ríos de petróleo
570 millions of speakers

English

Oil Rivers
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

तेल नदियों
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

أنهار النفط
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Реки на нефть
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Rios de petróleo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

তেল নদী
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Rivières du pétrole
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Sungai Minyak
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Öl Rivers
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

オイル川
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

오일 강
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kali Minyak
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Sông dầu
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

எண்ணெய் நதிகள்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

तेल नद्या
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Yağmur Nehirleri
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Fiumi di petrolio
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Rzeki ropy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

річки на нафту
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Rivers ulei
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Rivers Oil
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

olie Rivers
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Olje Rivers
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

olje Rivers
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Oil Rivers

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «OIL RIVERS»

The term «Oil Rivers» is used very little and occupies the 173.602 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «OIL RIVERS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Oil Rivers

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OIL RIVERS»

Discover the use of Oil Rivers in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Oil Rivers and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Trading States of the Oil Rivers: A Study of Political ...
With a new introduction by John C. McCall
G. I. Jones, 2001
2
Reports from Committees
Are the Oil Rivers well adapted for commerce with the na- " — tives? — Except from being unhealthy, they are 8 May 1865. very well adapted. There are certain difficulties also in the approach to those rivers, but the vessels once in the rivers ...
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, 1865
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Historical Dictionary of Nigeria
278 9 OIL RIVERS PROTECTORATE Niger Delta. These rivers were named by British traders in reference to oil palm, the most traded commodity of the region. Nigerian and British merchants engaged in trading oil palm in the early 19th ...
Toyin Falola, Ann Genova, 2009
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All for oil
In the European scamble for Africa towards the end of the 19th century, Britain declared itself for the Oil Rivers Protectorate to gain monopoly of the palm oil trade in what is now part of the land it put together as a country.
John Pepper Clark-Bekederemo, 2000
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Oil Rivers and Niger Coast Protectorates
Postwertzeichen, Briefmarke, Frankomarke ; Grossbritannien und Nordirland ; Nigel.
Fred. J. Melville, 1924
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West African Studies
First published in 1964
Mary Kingsley, 2013
7
Cameroon's Tycoon: Max Esser's Expedition and Its Consequences
They conducted this trade, not from permanently moored hulks, such as were already used in the other Oil Rivers, but from so-called transit ships which, once laden, could return home. Masts and cordage were taken down and a matting ...
Max Esser, E. M. Chilver, Ute Röschenthaler, 2001
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The Atlantic Slave Trade: A Census
The Oil Rivers and the estuary of the Cross River had been small-scale sources of slaves during the seventeenth century, though both the Dutch and the Portuguese had occasionally traded there.22 The rise of exports from the 1730's onward ...
Philip D. Curtin, 1972
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Colonialism and Violence in Nigeria
A trade kingdom emerged rather quickly in the Oil Rivers Protectorate, spearheaded by a trading company formed by an aggressive personality, Sir George Goldie. In 1879, this astute merchant brought together Violence and Colonial ...
Toyin Falola, 2009
10
Postcolonial Literatures in Context
... trade in petroleum (oil) (Wenzel 2006). Palm is thus mnemonic of those local and transnational circuits of power transformed by the passage of European colonialisms in West Africa, for as Jennifer Wenzel has noted, 'Ni geria's Oil Rivers ...
Julie Mullaney, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OIL RIVERS»

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Age of New Thespians
The Vice-Consul James Robert Phillips and Captain Gallwey of the Oil Rivers Protectorate wanted the full annexation of Benin to the British ... «THISDAY Live, Jul 15»
2
APC and the choice before Akwa Ibom
Considering the above scenario, coupled with the National Conference recommendation of creation of Oil Rivers State, it is looking like, when ... «Daily Sun, Apr 15»
3
Dakuku Peterside and Rivers guber seat
... in palm oil) and forbidding them from trespassing into the hinterlands of what was then known as the Oil Rivers where he reigned supreme. «Daily Sun, Apr 15»
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A'Ibom rejects proposed Oil Rivers state
The Federal Executive Council (FEC), recently adopted the report of the conference, which reportedly recommended Oil Rivers as one of the ... «Daily Sun, Mar 15»
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Thumbs-Up For PH City Celebration At Yuletide …As Residents …
The ancient town of Okrika in oil Rivers State was agog with cultural festivities on Thursday December 18th, 2014, as the community played ... «The Tide, Jan 15»
6
Proposed Oil Rivers State: Adventurism of Ijaw renegades into Akwa …
Among the proposed new states is Oil Rivers State. In the final report on page 708, it is stated that the Oil Rivers State will be created from ... «WorldStage, Sep 14»
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State creation: Is Ekweremadu speaking for the Senate?
Others are Njaba-Anim, Ogoja, Oil Rivers and Savannah. The long-standing agitation for the creation of a mayoral status for the Federal Capital ... «Osun Defender, Aug 14»
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IYC, Akwa Ibom youths at loggerheads over resource control
The IYC statement read in part: “The petitioners are not part of the proposed state; hence they lack the locus to oppose the creation of Oil Rivers ... «Daily Sun, Aug 14»
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IYC Insists On Creation of Oil Rivers State
Yenagoa — A move by the Akwa Ibom State Caucus at the National Conference to oppose recommendation for the creation of Oil Rivers State ... «AllAfrica.com, Aug 14»
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Akwa Ibom Delegates Protest against Recommendation for 'Oil
According to the delegates from the oil-rich state, the proposed plan to dismember some parts of Akwa Ibom state to form an “Oil Rivers State” is ... «THISDAY Live, Aug 14»

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