Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Nile"
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)
Nile
dark; blue, not found in Scripture, but frequently referred to
in the Old Testament under the name of Sihor, i.e., "the black
stream" (Isa. 23:3; Jer. 2:18) or simply "the river" (Gen. 41:1;
Ex. 1:22, etc.) and the "flood of Egypt" (Amos 8:8). It consists
of two rivers, the White Nile, which takes its rise in the
Victoria Nyanza, and the Blue Nile, which rises in the
Abyssinian Mountains. These unite at the town of Khartoum,
whence it pursues its course for 1,800 miles, and falls into the
Mediterranean through its two branches, into which it is divided
a few miles north of Cairo, the Rosetta and the Damietta branch.
(See {EGYPT}.)
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Nile \Nile\, n. [L. Nilus, gr. ?.]
The great river of Egypt.
{Nile bird}. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The wryneck. [Prov. Eng.]
(b) The crocodile bird.
{Nile goose} (Zo["o]l.), the Egyptian goose. See Note under
{Goose}, 2.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Nile
n : world's longest river (4187 miles); flows northern through
Africa into the Mediterranean; the Nile River valley in
Egypt was the site of the world's first great
civilization [syn: {Nile}, {Nile River}]
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