Associations to the word «Niles»

Wiktionary

NILE, proper noun. A large river in Africa flowing through Khartoum and Cairo into the Mediterranean Sea, usually considered to be the longest river in the world.
NILE BLUE, noun. A pale greenish blue colour.
NILE BLUE, noun. A stain used in biology and histology.
NILE BLUE, adjective. Of a pale greenish blue colour.
NILE CROCODILE, noun. A large fierce carnivorous semi-aquatic African crocodile.
NILE GREEN, noun. A yellowish green colour.
NILE GREEN, adjective. Of a yellowish green colour.
NILE PERCH, noun. Lates niloticus, a species of freshwater fish in family Latidae of order Perciformes.

Dictionary definition

NILE, noun. The world's longest river (4150 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.

Wise words

There is no sickness worse for me than words that to be kind must lie.
Aeschylus