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Azerbaijani

Proper noun

Nil

  1. A transliteration of the English male given name Neil.

Catalan

Catalan Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia ca

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Νεῖλος (Neîlos), probably via Arabic نِيل (nīl).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Nil m

  1. Nile (a river in Africa)

Derived terms

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈnɪl]
  • Hyphenation: Nil

Proper noun

Nil m inan (related adjective nilský)

  1. Nile

Declension

Further reading

  • Nil”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
  • Nil”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Nil c

  1. indefinite singular of Nilen

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nil/
  • Audio:(file)

Proper noun

Nil m

  1. Nile (a major river in Egypt, Sudan, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, Congo, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda and Burundi)

Derived terms

Anagrams

German

Pronunciation

Proper noun

der Nil m (proper noun, strong, usually definite, definite genitive des Nil or des Nils)

  1. Nile (a major river in Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Kenya, Congo, Uganda, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Sudan and Egypt, emptying into the Mediterranean)

Hausa

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic النِّيل (an-nīl).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Nîl f

  1. Nile

Indonesian

Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia id

Etymology

From Arabic النِّيل (an-nīl)

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Nil

  1. Nile (a river in Africa)

Occitan

Occitan Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia oc

Proper noun

Nil m

  1. Nile

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Nilus, from Ancient Greek Νεῖλος (Neîlos).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Nil m inan

  1. Nile (a major river flowing through Egypt, Sudan, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda and Burundi; one of the two longest rivers in the world, along with the Amazon)

Declension

Derived terms

adjective

Further reading

  • Nil in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • Nil in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Serbo-Croatian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sh

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Nȉl m (Cyrillic spelling Ни̏л)

  1. Nile (a major river in Africa)

Turkish

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Nil

  1. Nile
  2. a female given name

Declension