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Nile

UK/naɪl/ US/ˈnaɪl/ fairly common

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the world''s longest river (4180 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

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From Ancient Greek Νεῖλος (Neîlos).

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