Nile

[ nahyl ]

noun

1. 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 /

noun

1. 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)

Example Sentences

Eaten throughout Kenya, it showcases bites of chargrilled beef or goat that have been marinated in a spice blend whose list of ingredients is as long as the Nile.

From Washington Post

Even today, most of Egypt’s 100 million people live in a narrow strip of land along the Nile, with some other cities along the Red Sea and the Mediterranean Sea.

From Ozy

Wooden boats carried the limestone for the pyramids up the Nile from Tura, home of ancient Egypt’s biggest quarry.

From Ozy

The introduction of Nile perch in Lake Victoria, to boost the fishing industry, has now destroyed more than 200 native species of fish and threatens the ecosystem as a whole.

From Washington Post

Eaten throughout Kenya, nyama choma stars chunks of chargrilled beef or goat that have been marinated in a spice blend whose ingredients list goes on and on, like the Nile.

From Washington Post

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.

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From Project Gutenberg

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.

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg