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- Ancient Greek · derived fromΝεῖλος
- English todayNile
From Ancient Greek Νεῖλος (Neîlos).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Nile
Today it means: A large river in Africa, usually considered to be the longest river in the world; its basin covers Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Eritrea, South Sudan, Sudan, and Egypt, flowing north through Khartoum and Cairo into the Mediterranean Sea. Full definition →
Ancient Greek Νεῖλος