Nile

== English == === Alternative forms === Nilus (obsolete) === Etymology === From Ancient Greek Νεῖλος (Neîlos). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /naɪl/ Rhymes: -aɪl === Proper noun === (the) Nile 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. A township in Ohio, United States, named after the river; in full, Nile Township, Scioto County, Ohio. A locality in Northern Midlands council area, eastern Tasmania, Australia. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== Branches of the Nile: Bolbitine (Bolbitic) Bucolic (Phatnitic, Phatnic, Phatmetic, Athribitic) Canopic (Herakleotic, Heracleotic, Naucratitic) Mendesian (Tanitic, Busiritic) Pelusian (Bubastic) Saïtic Sebennytic (Thermutiac) === Further reading === Nile on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === LEIN, LINE, Line, Neil, Niel, lien, line == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈniː.ɫɛ] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈniː.le] Hyphenation: Nī‧le === Proper noun === Nīle vocative singular of Nīlus