Nile

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Noun

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun Nile has 1 sense

nile(n = noun.object) nile river - the world's longest river (4150 miles); flows northward through eastern Africa into the Mediterranean; the Nile River valley in Egypt was the site of the world's first great civilization; Array

is a part of arab republic of egypt, egypt, united arab republic, republic of the sudan, soudan, sudan, republic of uganda, uganda

is a kind of river

Derived form adjective nilotic₁

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CIDE DICTIONARY

Nile, n. [L. Nilus, Gr. Nei^los.].

The great river of Egypt. [1913 Webster]

Nile bird. (Zoöl.) (a) The wryneck. [Prov. Eng.] (b) The crocodile bird. -- Nile goose (Zoöl.), the Egyptian goose. See Note under Goose, 2.

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

Nile, n. & adj. (in full Nile-blue, Nile-green) pale greenish blue or green.

Etymology

the river Nile in NE Africa

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