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1. Nile
   HMS Nile was a British first-class battleship of 11940 tons launched in 1888. The name Nile was introduced into the British navy in 1800.
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2. Nile
   [n] - world`s longest river (4187 miles)
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3. Nile
   a special unit of reactivity, used in some countries, numerically equal to 0.01.In indicating reactivity changes it is more usual to use the smaller unit, the millinile, which is numerically equal to 10 to the power-5 Category: Standards, measures and testing
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4. Nile
   Nile noun [ Latin Nilus , Greek ....] The great river of Egypt. Nile bird . (Zoology) (a) The wryneck . [ Prov. Eng.] (b) The crocodile bird. -- Nile goose (Zoology) , the Egy...
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5. nile
   The great river of Egypt. Nile bird. ... <zoology> The Egyptian goose. See Note under Goose. ... Origin: L. Nilus, gr. ... Source: Websters Dictionary ... (01 Mar 1998) ...
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6. Nile
   Nile River noun the world`s longest river (4150 miles); flows northward through eastern Africa into the Mediterranean; the Nile River valley in Egypt was the site of the world`s first great civilization
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7. Nile
   • (n.) The great river of Egypt. • (n.) The great river of Egypt.
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8. Nile
   Nile is a Egyptian girl name. The meaning of the name is `dark, blue, the black stream` Nilda, Nile It consists of two rivers, the White Nile, which takes its rise In the Victoria Nyanza, and the Blue Nile, which rises In the Abyssinian Mountains. These unite at the town of Khartoum, whence it pur...
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9. nile
   a unit used in nuclear engineering to describe the 'reactivity' of a nuclear reactor. One nile is a reactivity of 0.01 or 1%. Since this is a rather large amount, reactivity is measured for practical purposes in milliniles, with one millinile = 10^-5. The nile was invented in the British nuclear power industry. For a discussio...
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10. Nile
    Nile, longest river in the world, c.4,160 mi (6,695 km) long from its remotest headstream, the Luvironza River in Burundi, central Africa, to its delta on the Mediterranean Sea, NE Egypt. The Nile flows northward and drains c.1,100,000 sq mi (2,850,000 sq km), about one tenth of Africa, including pa...
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11. Nile
    Click images to enlargeRiver in Africa, the world's longest, 6,695 km/4,160 mi. The Blue Nile rises in Lake Tana, Ethiopia, the White Nile at Lake Victoria, and they join at Khartoum, Sudan. The huge basin of the river has an area of some 3,350,000 sq km/1,293,000 sq mi. The river enters the Mediterranean Sea ...
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12. Nile
    (band) `Nile` is an American death metal band from Greenville, South Carolina, formed in 1993. Their music and lyrics are inspired by Ancient Egyptian/Near Eastern mysticism, history, religion, and art, as well as stories by H. P. Lovecraft. History : Nile formed in their hometown of Greenvil...
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13. Nile
    (disambiguation) The `Nile` is one of the world`s longest rivers, in northeast Africa. `Nile` may also refer to: `Nile` as a first name: `Nile` as a surname: In fiction: NILE: See also:
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14. Nile
    (TV series) `Nile` is a 2004 BBC Television documentary that tells the history and natural history of the Nile. Production: The series was produced by the BBC Natural History Unit in co-production with the Discovery Channel. Episode three includes footage from the 1971 BBC Television m...
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