Nile

专有名词
中文释义

英文释义

专有名词
  1. A large river in Africa, usually considered to be the longest river in the world; its basin covers Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Eritrea, South Sudan, Sudan, and Egypt, flowing north through Khartoum and Cairo into the Mediterranean Sea.
    — The seven mouths of the Nile then, from east to west, are the Pelusian, the Mendesian, the Bucolic, the Sebennytic, the Saïtic, the Bolbitine, and the Canopic. Such is the account of Heredotus.
  2. A township in Ohio, United States, named after the river; in full, Nile Township, Scioto County, Ohio.
  3. A locality in Northern Midlands council area, eastern Tasmania, Australia.

词形变化

Nilus alternative,obsolete

词源

From Ancient Greek Νεῖλος (Neîlos).
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