Nilo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnilo/

Proper noun

Nilo (accusative Nilon)

1. Nile
   • 1931 December, Raymond Schwartz, “Optimismo”, in La stranga butiko, Tyresö: Inko, →ISBN, page 7:

     Nu, — mi estas krokodilo
     Ie ajn ĉe granda Nilo

     Well, — I am a crocodile
     Anywhere in a grand Nile

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnilo/

Proper noun

Nilo m

1. Nile

Anagrams

• lino, Lino, noli

Noun

Nīlō

1. dative of Nīlus
2. ablative of Nīlus

Etymology

From Latin Nīlum, accusative of Nīlus, from Ancient Greek Νεῖλος (Neîlos), of Semitic origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈni.lo]

Proper noun

Nilo m

1. Nile
   • c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 17v.

     […] q́ en aquel logar o entra el grand ryo del nilo en la mar medio terrana, cria ſe y un animal que ſemeia en ſus miembros ¬ en todas ſus fayciones ala liebre de tierra. ¬ por endel llaman liebre marina.

     […] that in that place, where the great river Nile enters the Mediterranean Sea, there breeds an animal that is similar in its limbs and all of its features to the land hare, and thus they call it a marine hare.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈni.lu/

Etymology 1

From Latin Nīlus, from Ancient Greek Νεῖλος (Neîlos).

Etymology 2

Etymology

From Old Spanish Nilo, from Latin Nīlus, from Ancient Greek Νεῖλος (Neîlos), of Semitic origin (compare Arabic نهر‎ (nahr), Aramaic נהרא‎ (nahrā), Hebrew נהר‎ (nahar, “river”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnilo/

Proper noun

Nilo m

1. Nile