Nile

[ nahyl ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

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.

Nile

/ naɪl /

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)

The last time there was a raid of this scale was in 2001, when 52 men were arrested on Queen Boat, a floating disco on the Nile.

Back in 2001, 52 gay men were arrested on a party boat on the Nile and tried for “public depravity”.

Without the Nile,” declares Wilkinson, “there would be no Egypt.

Instead, it will be because the Nile and the history it has engendered still manage to stir something in all of us.

I live in Zamalek, which is on an island in the middle of the Nile.

The sky was alight from zenith to horizon, the Nile aflame with sunrise, by the time the letter was written.

The seed of the Nile in many waters, the harvest of the river is her revenue: and she is become the mart of the nations.

She shuddered with disgust as the rich brown water of the Nile came up to her breast, to her chin.

Speech died away between them, as they sat down in the old familiar corner above the Nile.

Still the vehement voices of the brown fellahîn at work by the shadûf rose unwearied along the Nile.

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