Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Nile

Nile (nīl) , noun

[Latin Nilus, Greek Nei^los.]

The great river of Egypt.
Collocations (2)
Nile bird (Zoology) , (a) The wryneck. [Provincial English] (b) The crocodile bird.
Nile goose (Zoology) , the Egyptian goose. See Note under Goose, 2.