NILE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Nile mean? 

• NILE (noun)
  The noun NILE has 1 sense:

1. the world's longest river (4150 miles); flows northward through eastern Africa into the Mediterranean; the Nile River valley in Egypt was the site of the world's first great civilization

  Familiarity information: NILE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NILE (noun)

Meaning:

The world's longest river (4150 miles); flows northward through eastern Africa into the Mediterranean; the Nile River valley in Egypt was the site of the world's first great civilization

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

Nile; Nile River

Instance hypernyms:

river (a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek))

Holonyms ("Nile" is a part of...):

Arab Republic of Egypt; Egypt; United Arab Republic (a republic in northeastern Africa known as the United Arab Republic until 1971; site of an ancient civilization that flourished from 2600 to 30 BC)

Republic of the Sudan; Soudan; Sudan (a republic in northeastern Africa on the Red Sea; achieved independence from Egypt and the United Kingdom in 1956)

Republic of Uganda; Uganda (a landlocked republic in eastern Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1962)