Nile

[ nahyl ]

/ naɪl /

noun

a river in E Africa, the longest in the world, flowing N from Lake Victoria to the Mediterranean. 3473 miles (5592 km) long; from the headwaters of the Kagera River, 4000 miles (6440 km) long.

Compare Blue Nile, White Nile.

Example sentences from the Web for nile

The last time there was a raid of this scale was in 2001, when 52 men were arrested on Queen Boat, a floating disco on the Nile.

Sisi Is Persecuting, Prosecuting, and Publicly Shaming Egypt’s Gays |Bel Trew |December 30, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Without the Nile,” declares Wilkinson, “there would be no Egypt.

The Nile: Where Ancient and Modern Meet |William O’Connor |June 21, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Instead, it will be because the Nile and the history it has engendered still manage to stir something in all of us.

The Nile: Where Ancient and Modern Meet |William O’Connor |June 21, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
I live in Zamalek, which is on an island in the middle of the Nile.

Literary City: Ahdaf Soueif’s Cairo |Henry Krempels |February 7, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

For decades, the sleepy towns on the Nile have subsisted mainly off the tourism industry.

Winston Churchill’s Egyptian Getaway: The Old Cataract Hotel |Lauren Bohn |December 15, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
The rising Nile moistening and fertilizing the land, prepares the way for the sower.

Usury |Calvin Elliott
Entering the village, we saw a spectacle of wretchedness and misery seldom surpassed even on the banks of the Nile.

Incidents of Travel in Greece, Turkey, Russia, and Poland, 7th ed. Vol. 2 of 2 |John Lloyd Stephens
The destruction which followed bears an interesting resemblance to the battle of the Nile.

A Short History of the Royal Navy 1217 to 1688 |David Hannay
The river valley of the Tigris and Euphrates, and the valley of the Nile are wonderfully rich in historic material.

The Chautauquan, Vol. III, February 1883 |The Chautauquan Literary and Scientific Circle
I hardly know, after reading the writings of many men remarkable for their knowledge and veracity, what to think of the Nile.

De Orbe Novo, Volume 1 (of 2) |Trans. by Francis Augustus MacNutt

British Dictionary definitions for nile

Nile

/ (naɪl) /

noun

a river in Africa, rising in S central Burundi in its remotest headstream, the Luvironza: flows into Lake Victoria and leaves the lake as the Victoria Nile, flowing to Lake Albert, which is drained by the Albert Nile, becoming the White Nile at Lake No, then flowing through South Sudan; joined by its chief tributary, the Blue Nile (which rises near Lake Tana, Ethiopia) at Khartoum, and flows north to its delta on the Mediterranean; the longest river in the world. Length: (from the source of the Luvironza to the Mediterranean) 6741 km (4187 miles)

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