Thesaurus: nile

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1. n. The great river of Egypt.
2. The great river of Egypt. Nile bird. (Zoöl.) (a) The wryneck. [Prov. Eng.] (b) The crocodile bird. -- Nile goose (Zoöl.), the Egyptian goose. See Note under Goose, 2.
3. The great river of Egypt. Nile bird. (Zoöl.) (a) The wryneck.[Prov. Eng.] (b) The crocodile bird.-- Nile goose (Zoöl.), the Egyptian goose. See Note under Goose, 2.
4. n. the world's longest river (4150 miles); flows northward through eastern Africa into the Mediterranean; the Nile River valley in Egypt was the site of the world's first great civilization