a river in E Africa, the longest in the world, flowing N from Lake Victoria to the Mediterranean. 3,473 miles (5,592 km) long; from the headwaters of the Kagera River, 4,000 miles (6,440 km) long.
Compare Blue Nile, White Nile.
Words nearby Nile
Nikopol, niksen, nil, nil admirari, nil desperandum, Nile, Nile blue, Nile crocodile, Nile green, Nile River, Niles
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)