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Nile

19 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. Nile (geographical name)
  2. Nile bird (noun)
  3. Nile crocodile (noun)
  4. Nile goose (noun)
  5. nile green (noun)
  6. Nile perch (noun)
  7. bright nile green (noun)
  8. Chari-Nile (noun)
  9. eau de nile (noun)
  10. lily of the Nile
  11. West Nile (noun)
  12. West Nile encephalitis (noun)
  13. West Nile fever (noun)
  14. West Nile virus (noun)
  15. Albert Nile (geographical name)
  16. Blue Nile (geographical name)
  17. Somerset Nile (geographical name)
  18. Victoria Nile (geographical name)
  19. White Nile (geographical name)

Nile

geographical name \ˈnī(-ə)l\

Definition of NILE

river 4160 miles (6693 kilometers) E Africa flowing from Lake Victoria in Uganda N into the Mediterranean in Egypt; in various sections called specifically: Vic·to·ria Nile \vik-ˈtȯr-ē-ə\ or Som·er·set Nile \ˈsə-mər-sət, -ˌset\ between Lake Victoria & Lake Albert; Al·bert Nile \ˈal-bərt\ between Lake Albert & Lake No; & White Nile from Lake No to Khartoum — see blue nile

Rhymes with NILE

dial, file, isle, pile, smile, spile, stile, style, tile, trial, while, wile

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