Etymology: the river Nile in NE Africa
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\\ˈnīl esp before pause or consonant -īəl\ noun or nile green (-s)Usage: often capitalized N
Etymology: from Nile river, Africa
: a variable color averaging a pale yellow green that is greener and stronger than smoke gray and greener and deeper than oyster gray — called also boa, eau de Nile
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/nuyl/, n.
a river in E Africa, the longest in the world, flowing N from Lake Victoria to the Mediterranean. 3473 mi. (5592 km) long; from the headwaters of the Kagera River, 4000 mi. (6440 km) long. Cf. Blue Nile, White Nile.
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[nīl]a river in eastern Africa, the longest river in the world, that rises in east central Africa near Lake Victoria and flows 4,160 miles (6,695 km) north through Uganda, Sudan, and Egypt to empty through a large delta into the Mediterranean Sea. See also , Albert Nile, , White Nile
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nileobs. f. nill v.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.