Nile
/naɪl/
Nile proper noun: 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.
Proper noun
(the) Nile
- 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.
- The seven mouths of the Nile then, from east to west, are the Pelusian, the Mendesian, the Bucolic, the Sebennytic, the Saïtic, the Bolbitine, and the Canopic. Such is the account of Heredotus.1844, Pierre Henri Larcher, William Desborough Cooley, Larcher's notes on Herodotus
- A river you think so little about, you don’t even realize that’s not the Nile, this is the Nile.2016 March 6, “Special Districts”, in Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, season 3, episode 4, via HBO
- A township in Ohio, United States, named after the river; in full, Nile Township, Scioto County, Ohio.
- A locality in Northern Midlands council area, eastern Tasmania, Australia.
Nile meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Bengali
Nile in Hindi
- river
- नील nīl
Nile in Tamil
- river
- நைல் nail
Nile in Marathi
- river
- नाईल nāīl
Nile in Bengali
- river
- নীলনদ nilonod
More languagesFewer languages
- Nile in Telugu
- నైలు నది nailu nadi
- Nile in Malayalam
- നൈൽ നദി
- Nile in Kannada
- ನೈಲ್ nail
- Nile in Punjabi
- ਨੀਲ nīl
- Nile in Odia
- ନାଇଲ nāila
- Nile in Tagalog
- Nilo
- Nile in Arabic
- اَلنِّيل an-nīl
- Nile in Malay
- Nil
- Nile in Indonesian
- Nil
- Nile in Persian
- نیل nil
- Nile in Thai
- แม่น้ำไนล์ mɛ̂ɛ-náam-nail
- Nile in Vietnamese
- Nin, Nhĩ Lô
- Nile in Myanmar
- နိုင်းမြစ် nuing:mrac
Forms of Nile
| alternative form (obsolete) | Nilus |
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Origin of Nile
From Ancient Greek Νεῖλος (Neîlos).
Words formed from Nile
Phrases with Nile
Words that rhyme with Nile
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- gentile
- kyle
- reptile
- sile
- smile
- Lyle
- tile
- while
- beguile
- bile
- spile
- argyll
- awhile
- enisle
- guile
- gyle
- I'll
- last mile
- nubile
- resile
- restyle
- rile
- senile
- stile
- vile
- autogynephile
- bewile
- chile
- chyle
- Cnile
- District of Argyle
- heil
- ile
- interfile
- isle
- Japanophile
- Kabyle
- kile
- like it's going out of style
- Persophile
- redial
- refile
- revile
- Styal
- thyle
- tickler file
- wile
- worthwhile
Questions about Nile
- What does Nile mean?
- Nile 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.
- What is Nile in Hindi?
- Nile in Hindi is नील (nīl). See Nile meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Nile?
- Nile is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Nile?
- Nile is pronounced /naɪl/.
Words near Nile in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Nile (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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