Nile
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- proper noun
- /naɪl/
:
Nilo
- Across the River Nile from Thebes lies Egypt's royal burial ground.
- Nile River
- Nile basin
- banks of the Nile
It's like you're like some of them are God, the Nile River and you're an ocean.
- It's like you're like some of them are God, the Nile River and you're an ocean.
- Why does the Nile behave the opposite to other rivers?
- It spread down the Nile and later into the Semitic male monotheisms.
- And you know, not only that, but you have to go over a mountain range and then back down to the Nile if you're going to transport them.
- And so I think we'll probably get there in October and then we'll head into the Nile.
- Like the stones are so big and they had to get them from like a maybe it was somewhere in the Nile and they had to move it.
Examples
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Egypt is already utilizing most of the flow of the Nile, and it plans to use even more.
Academic text (2008) -
After decades of bilateral agreements over the Nile water, the first attempt for basin-wide cooperation came in the 1960s.
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Throw the key into the Nile as well.
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And I live, the Nile is not so far from me.
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The police found him in the water near the Nile railway bridge.
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With each new dawn, I see the sun god rise on the far bank of the Nile.
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The White Nile and Blue Nile are two of its main tributaries.
Academic text (2008) -
The most important agreement on the sharing of the Nile River was reached between Egypt and Sudan in 1959.
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And along the Nile you have these two very narrow strips of tropical Oasis land.
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The Nile is considered the longest river in the world, flowing through northeastern Africa into the Mediterranean Sea.
Synonyms
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A very long river in eastern Africa that flows north into the Mediterranean Sea
Compounds
- Specialized
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4.3
A virus spread by mosquito bites that can make people and animals sick and sometimes cause brain infection
- South African
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A large aggressive crocodile that lives in African rivers and lakes
- Specialized
A group of languages spoken in parts of central Africa such as Sudan and Uganda
- Specialized
An illness that makes the brain swell and can be deadly after West Nile virus infection
- Specialized
A tiny germ that causes brain inflammation in people and animals and spreads by infected mosquitoes
Surface Forms
Etymology
Nile comes from the old Greek and Latin names Neilos and Nilus, which most likely came from even older local words meaning 'river' or 'valley'. Because this river was central to ancient Egyptian life, the name stayed and today Nile still means that long, life-giving river.