Transnigerianとは 意味・読み方・使い方

形容詞

Transnigerian (not comparable)

1. Crossing or spanning the Niger (river または 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.