Associations to the word «Niles»

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.

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.