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ID: 1127805
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1127805

 

Record Type: physical
Hierarchy of Nile River (river)  Nile River (river)

Coordinates:
Lat: 30 09 57 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 30.1667  decimal degrees
Long: 031 06 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 31.1000  decimal degrees

Note: With the Amazon River, one of the longest rivers 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.

Names:
Nile River (preferred,C,O,English-P,U,N)
Nahr an-Nīl (C,V,display)
Baẖr an-Nil (C,V)
Al-Bahr (C,V)
Nile (C,O,English,U)
Nile ()
Nīl, Nahr an- (C,V)
Nil (C,O)
Nilo (C,O)
Nijl (C,V)
Nīl, Nahr an (NA,V,Arabic (transliterated),U)
Al Baḩr al A'z̧am (NA,V)
An Nīl (NA,V,Arabic (transliterated),U)
A'z̧am, Al Baḩr al (NA,V)
Baḩr an Nīl (NA,V)
Bahr en Nīl (NA,V)
El Bahr (NA,V)
Fayḑ Mişr (NA,V)
Nahr an Nīl (NA,V,Arabic (transliterated),U)
Nahr an Nil (NA,V)
Nahr el-Nîl (NA,V)
Nīl, Baḩr an (NA,V)
Nīl, Bahr en (NA,V)
Nil, Nahr an (NA,V)
Nîl, Nahr el- (NA,V)
نهر النيل (NA,V,Arabic,U)
النيل (NA,V,Arabic,U)
Aigyptos (H,V)  ............ name used by Homer (Odyssey, 7th century BCE) to refer to both the river and the land through which it flowed
Ar (H,V)  ............ ancient Egyptian name, meaning "black," in reference to the color sediments when river was in flood
Aur (H,V)  ............ ancient Egyptian
Iaro (H,V)  ............ Coptic version of the name
Neilos (H,O)  ............ Greek name, probably from Semitic "naẖal," meaning "river valley"
Nilus (H,O)  ............ Latin name
Nilus (Latin,U,N)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Africa (continent)  ....  Africa (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Nile River (river)  ........  Nile River (river) (P)

Place Types:
river (preferred, C)
stream (C)

Related geographic places:
near/adjacent to ....  Nile River Basin .......... (basin)
..............................  (World, Africa) [7024090]

Sources and Contributors:
نهر النيل..........  [VP]
....................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
النيل..........  [VP]
..............  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Aigyptos..........  [VP]
.................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (1994-2002) accessed 03/16/99
Al-Bahr..........  [VP]
.................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-2014)
Al Baḩr al A'z̧am..........  [VP]
................................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
An Nīl..........  [VP]
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Ar..........  [VP]
...........  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (1994-2002) accessed 03/16/99
Aur..........  [VP]
...........  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (1994-2002) accessed 03/17/99
A'z̧am, Al Baḩr al..........  [VP]
...................................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Baẖr an-Nil..........  [VP]
.......................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (1994-2002) accessed 03/16/99
Baḩr an Nīl..........  [VP]
.......................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Bahr en Nīl..........  [VP]
.......................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
El Bahr..........  [VP]
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Fayḑ Mişr..........  [VP]
....................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Iaro..........  [VP]
...........  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (1994-2002) accessed 03/17/99
Nahr an-Nīl..........  [VP]
.......................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
Nahr an Nīl..........  [VP]
.......................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Nahr an Nil..........  [VP]
.......................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Nahr el-Nîl..........  [VP]
.......................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Neilos..........  [VP]
.................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (1994-2002) accessed 03/17/99
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Nijl..........  [VP]
...........  Engels Woordenboek (1987) I, 464
Nil..........  [VP]
...........  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
...........  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
Nīl, Baḩr an..........  [VP]
.......................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Nīl, Bahr en..........  [VP]
.......................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Nile..........  [VP]
...........  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
...........  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 140
Nile River..........  [VP Preferred]
.......................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (1994-2002) accessed 03/16/99
.......................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Nīl, Nahr an-..........  [VP]
..........................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) plate 84
Nīl, Nahr an..........  [VP]
.......................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Nil, Nahr an..........  [VP]
.......................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Nîl, Nahr el-..........  [VP]
..........................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Nilo..........  [VP]
...........  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
...........  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
Nilus..........  [VP]
..............  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (1994-2002) accessed 03/16/99
..............  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (1994-2002) accessed 03/16/99; accessed 03/17/99
..................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-2014)
..................  Engels Woordenboek (1987) I, 464
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -300347
..................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 140; Pl. 84; plate 84
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  The Nile, National Geographic (1995)

 

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