English noun: Nile | |||
1. | Nile (object) 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 | ||
Synonyms | Nile River | ||
Instance hypernym | river | ||
Part meronym | Arab Republic of Egypt, Egypt, Republic of the Sudan, Republic of Uganda, Soudan, Sudan, Uganda, United Arab Republic | ||