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- [nahyl]
- /naɪl/
- /naɪl/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [nahyl]
- /naɪl/
Definitions of nile word
- noun nile 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. 1
- noun nile A river in eastern Africa, the longest river in the world, that rises in east central Africa near Lake Victoria and flows 4,160 miles (6,695 km) north through Uganda, Sudan, and Egypt to empty through a large delta into the Mediterranean Sea. 1
- noun nile river in Africa 1
- noun nile 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) 0
- noun nile river in NE Africa, formed at Khartoum, Sudan, by the juncture of the Blue Nile, flowing from N Ethiopia, c. 1,000 mi (1,610 km) & the White Nile, flowing from Lake Victoria, c. 1,650 mi (2,655 km), & flowing north through Egypt into the Mediterranean: with the White Nile & a headstream south of Lake Victoria, c. 4,160 mi (6,695 km) 0
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nile popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 95% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
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