Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

Source : WordNet®

Nile
     n : 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 [syn: {Nile River}]