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Nile River (river) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 30 10 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 30.1667 decimal degrees |
| Long: 031 06 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 31.1000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Longest river in the world, rising south of the equator and flowing through northeastern Africa, draining in the Mediterranean; formed principally by the White Nile, Blue Nile, and Atbara rivers; year-long water supply allowed great civilizations to grow up along its banks. |
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| Nīl, Nahr an- (preferred,C,V)
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| Nahr an-Nīl (C,V,display)
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| Baẖr an-Nil (C,V)
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| Al-Bahr (C,V)
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| Nile (C,O)
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| Nile River (C,O,English-P,U,N)
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| Nil (C,O)
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| Nilo (C,O)
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| Nijl (C,V)
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| Nilus (H,O,Latin,U,N)
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............ | Latin name |
| Aigyptos (H,V)
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............ | name used by Homer (Odyssey, 7th century BCE) to refer to both the river and the land through which it flowed |
| Neilos (H,O)
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............ | Greek name, probably from Semitic "naẖal," meaning "river valley" |
| Iaro (H,V)
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............ | Coptic version of the name |
| Ar (H,V)
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............ | ancient Egyptian name, meaning "black," in reference to the color sediments when river was in flood |
| Aur (H,V)
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............ | ancient Egyptian |
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