Transnigerian

English

Etymology

trans- +‎ Nigerian

Adjective

Transnigerian (not comparable)

  1. Crossing or spanning the Niger (river or valley).
    • 1901, The International Quarterly, page 521:
      ... 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.
    • 1905, New International Encyclopedia, page 45:
      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.
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