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Latin
From the Nile.
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Latin
From the Nile.
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Muslim
Queen of river Nile
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Hindu
Lord Krishna, Moon
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Greek
(ÎηλεÏÏ‚) Greek name of unknown NILEAS means. In mythology, this is the name of a son of Poseidôn and Tyro.
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English
English : perhaps a variant of Neil.
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English : perhaps a patronymic from the medieval personal name Nel or Neal (see Nelson).Possibly a variant of German Neils, a derivative of the personal name Cornelius.John Niles from England was known to have been in Dorchester, MA, as early as 1634 before putting down roots in Braintree, MA, where his grandson Samuel was a Congregational clergyman for many years.
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From the Nile
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Egyptian
A god of the Nile.
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English
English patronymic surname transferred to forename use, NILES means "son of Neal."
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Tamil
A beauty by its blue reflection
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Biblical
Black, trouble (the river Nile).
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Latin American
From the Nile.
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Tamil
Surrendered
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From the Nile
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Tamil
Lord Krishna, Moon
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Indian
Queen of river Nile
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Egyptian
Mythical daughter of the Nile.
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Egyptian
Daughter of the Nile.
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A monkey of the upper Nile and Abyssinia (Cercopithecus griseo-viridis), having the upper parts dull green, the lower parts white, the hands, ears, and face black. It was known to the ancient Egyptians. Called also tota.
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An Egyptian deity, at first a symbol of the Nile, and so of fertility; later, one of the divinities of the lower world. His worship was introduced into Greece and Rome.
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The source, fountain, spring, or beginning, as of a stream or river; as, the head of the Nile; hence, the altitude of the source, or the height of the surface, as of water, above a given place, as above an orifice at which it issues, and the pressure resulting from the height or from motion; sometimes also, the quantity in reserve; as, a mill or reservoir has a good head of water, or ten feet head; also, that part of a gulf or bay most remote from the outlet or the sea.
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A remarkable ganoid fish (Polypterus bichir) found in the Nile and other African rivers. See Brachioganoidei.
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Of or pertaining to the river Nile; as, the Nilotic crocodile.
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A large reptile of the genus Crocodilus, of several species. They grow to the length of sixteen or eighteen feet, and inhabit the large rivers of Africa, Asia, and America. The eggs, laid in the sand, are hatched by the sun's heat. The best known species is that of the Nile (C. vulgaris, or C. Niloticus). The Florida crocodile (C. Americanus) is much less common than the alligator and has longer jaws. The name is also sometimes applied to the species of other related genera, as the gavial and the alligator.
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The great river of Egypt.
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One of the Chromidae, a family of fresh-water fishes abundant in the tropical parts of America and Africa. Some are valuable food fishes, as the bulti of the Nile.
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Of or pertaining to Pelusium, an ancient city of Egypt; as, the Pelusiac (or former eastern) outlet of the Nile.
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A machine, resembling a well sweep, used in Egypt for raising water from the Nile for irrigation.
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Any fish of the genus Distichodus. Several large species inhabit the Nile.
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A Nile boat constructed on the model of a floating house, having large lateen sails.
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The principal sect of Christians in Egypt and the valley of the Nile.
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A large African wading bird (Balaeniceps rex) allied to the storks and herons, and remarkable for its enormous broad swollen bill. It inhabits the valley of the White Nile. See Illust. (l.) of Beak.
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An instrument for measuring the rise of water in the Nile during its periodical flood.
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A large species of barbel (Barbus bynni), found in the Nile, and much esteemed for food.
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A genus of large percoid fishes, of which one species (Lates Niloticus) inhabits the Nile, and another (L. calcarifer) is found in the Ganges and other Indian rivers. They are valued as food fishes.
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An edible fish of the Nile (genus Chromis).
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A tract of land shaped like the letter delta (/), especially when the land is alluvial and inclosed between two or more mouths of a river; as, the delta of the Ganges, of the Nile, or of the Mississippi.