Rivers State

proper noun

A state in southeastern Nigeria. Capital: Port Harcourt.

Meanings

proper noun
  1. A state in southeastern Nigeria. Capital: Port Harcourt.
  2. historicaltill 1967A part of the old Eastern Region of Nigeria that is now Rivers State.
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