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Transnigerian en · ADJ

Etymology

From trans- + Nigerian.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) 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: