nile
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1. 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 (noun.object)
| instance hypernym | : | river, |
| definition | : | a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek) (noun.object) |
| part meronym | : | arab republic of egypt, egypt, united arab republic, |
| definition | : | a republic in northeastern Africa known as the United Arab Republic until 1971; site of an ancient civilization that flourished from 2600 to 30 BC (noun.location) |
| part meronym | : | republic of the sudan, soudan, sudan, |
| definition | : | a republic in northeastern Africa on the Red Sea; achieved independence from Egypt and the United Kingdom in 1956 (noun.location) |
| part meronym | : | republic of uganda, uganda, |
| definition | : | a landlocked republic in eastern Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1962 (noun.location) |
| derivation | : | nilotic, |
| definition | : | of or relating to the Nile River or the people living near it (adj.pert) |
| derivation | : | nilotic, |
| definition | : | of or relating to the Nile River or the people living near it (adj.pert) |
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