Blue Nile

American  

noun

1. a river in E Africa, flowing NNW from Lake Tana in Ethiopia into the Nile at Khartoum: a tributary of the Nile. About 950 miles (1,530 km) long.

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Blue Nile British  

noun

1. a river in E Africa, rising in central Ethiopia as the Abbai and flowing southeast, then northwest to join the White Nile. Length: about 1530 km (950 miles)

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Blue Nile

Near her office, a towering figure of the Nubian god Apedemak stands guard next to the Blue Nile.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026

Symancyk noted that Signet’s brands that are more exposed to lower-end shoppers, such as Banter or Zales, were seeing weaker sales growth than those that cater to higher-end consumers, such as Jared and Blue Nile.

From Barron's ● Dec. 2, 2025

Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Sudan's military chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan met earlier this week and "stressed their rejection of any unilateral measures in the Blue Nile Basin", AFP news agency reports.

From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2025

The team investigated the Shinfa-Metema 1 site in the lowlands of present-day northwestern Ethiopia along the Shinfa River, a tributary of the Blue Nile River.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 20, 2024

A thousand fugitive Baggara or so vainly tried to make their way up the Blue Nile, in order to retire to their former country in Kordofan.

From Khartoum Campaign, 1898 or the Re-Conquest of the Soudan by Bennet Burleigh

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