Nilus

nilus Nílus English Pronunciation en /ˈnaɪ̯.ləs/ en aɪləs 2 en Ni lus Proper noun en Nile. 1 ii 45 As looks the ſun through Nilus flowing ſtream,Or when the morning holds him in her armes.So lookes my Lordly loue, faire Tamburlaine: 1601 1 VI The Iland Taprobane 129 But afterwards, for that the boates and veſſels uſed upon this ſea in the paſſage thither, were made and wound of papyr reeds like thoſe of the river Nilus, Anagrams en ilnsu Linus Sunil Latin right|thumb|Nīlus la Q3392 Etymology la Nīlus :der grc:Νεῖλος + 1 Pronunciation Nīlus la Nī lus Proper noun Nīlus<2.loc> la Nile Q3392 Declension Nīlus<2.loc> Derived terms la Nīliacus Nīlicola Nīligena Nīlōticus Nīlōtis nīlus Descendants ca Nil fr Nil en Nile 1 it Nilo pt Nilo es Nilo scn Nilu sq Nili 1 nl Nijl 1 de Nil 1 pl Nil 1 References la Rivers Rivers in Africa Old English Etymology From ang la Nīlus. Proper noun ? ang Nile Q3392 late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans ang Nilus sēo ēa hire ǣwielme is nēh þǣm clife þǣre Rēadan Sǣs; þēah sume men seċġen þæt hire ǣwielme sīe on westende Affrica nēh þām beorge Athlans, ⁊ þonne fol raðe þǣs sīe ēast irnende on þæt sond, ⁊ þonne besince eft on þæt sand, ⁊ þǣr nēh sīe eft flōwende up of þǣm sande, ⁊ þǣr wyrcð miċelne sǣ. The source of the River Nile is near the edge of the Red Sea, though some people say that its source is in the western end of Africa near the Atlas Mountains, and that it immediately flows east of the sands, and then sinks back down into the sand, and near there it flows up again from the sand, and there forms a great sea.