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∙ 15y agoThe Nile gets its name from the Greek word "Nelios", meaning River Valley.
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∙ 8y agoThe White Nile gets its name from the white silt in the riverbed.
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∙ 9y agoThe Nile comes from a Greek word. The word being Neilos, the name of an Egyptian River-God. The word translates to "River Nile."
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∙ 14y agoThe Nile gets its name from the Greek word "Nelios", meaning River Valley.
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∙ 14y agoNo one really knows and the link below will give details of the origin of the name.
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∙ 15y agoThe Greek historian, Herodotus, wrote that Egypt was the "gift of the Nile".
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Are there any other names for the River Nile?
The Nile gets its name from the Greek word "Nelios", meaning River Valley and the Greek historian, Herodotus, wrote that Egypt was the "gift of the Nile" - it thereby acquired that as a nickname. .
How did the River Nile get its name?
The Nile gets its name from the Greek word "Nelios", meaning River Valley.
Name at least two river valleys where civilization began?
The Nile River Valley and the Indus River Valley.
The Nile begins to separate at what two rivers?
how many nile rivers are there Albert Nile, White Nile, Blue Nile, Nile Fan, Victoria Nile, and Yellow Nile
Does the blue nile and the white nile go into the nile river?
The blue and the white nile flow from diffrent parts of Africa and form the Nile River.
What is the birth name of Nile Rodgers?
Nile Rodgers's birth name is Nile Gregory Rodgers.
Why is a nile crocodile called a nile crocodile when it does not live in the nile?
it is as it is a name means it name stupid people
Did the Queen Victoria name the river Nile in her honor?
No, she did not name the Nile.
What is the orgin of the name Nile?
The orgin fo the name nile is English.
Name the two sources of the nile?
the white nile and the blue nile
What is the name of the goddess of the nile river?
The name of Egyptian's goddess of river Nile is Anuket.
The nile river starts with two rivers name them?
The Blue Nile and the White Nile
What is the name of the Nile region?
Egypt or the Nile Delta
What is another name for the Nile triangle?
The Nile River Delta.
Were does the Nile River get its name?
The Nile gets its name from the Greek word "Nelios", meaning River Valley.
What name is the worlds largest river?
Nile River
What is the Latin name for Nile?
In Latin the river Nile is Nilus fluvius.
