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Νείλος [Nelos]
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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. .
Who was the Greek historian the wrote the early description of the Nile River?
The Greek historian Herodotus, who also wrote that Egypt was the "Gift of the Nile" [Because without the Nile there would be no Egypt, only desert]
Were does the Nile River get its name?
The Nile gets its name from the Greek word "Nelios", meaning River Valley.
Why is the river named Nile?
The Nile gets its name from the Greek word "Nelios", meaning River Valley.
How was the nile flood measured in the past?
it was measured by a greek column
Where did the Nile River get its name?
The Nile gets its name from the Greek word "Nelios", meaning River Valley.
What is the ending to the phrase You know what they say about the Nile?
You know what they say about the Nile - it flows through Egypt.
What does the nile river mean?
From the Greek 'Neilos' meaning "river valley"
What does neilos mean?
Neilos comes from the Greek word that means "nile"
How did the River Nile get its name?
The Nile gets its name from the Greek word "Nelios", meaning River Valley.
How did the nile get its name?
Zambezi means "great river" in local dialect. Before the division of Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, what is named Zambia today was called Northern Rhodesia. Zambia got its name from the river.
What is the river Nile nickname?
'Gift of the Nile' I believe the above is actually the nickname for Egypt, not the river Nile. When the question of the nickname of the Nile river appears in crossword puzzles the answer is CLEO.
