Nilo

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See also: nilo, níló, and Nilo-

Esperanto

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Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Nilo (accusative Nilon)

  1. Nile
    • 1931 December, Raymond Schwartz, “Optimismo”, in La stranga butiko, Tyresö: Inko, published 2000, →ISBN, page 7:
      Nu, — mi estas krokodilo
      Ie ajn ĉe granda Nilo
      Well, — I am a crocodile
      Anywhere in a grand Nile

Italian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈni.lo/
  • Rhymes: -ilo
  • Hyphenation: Nì‧lo

Proper noun

il Nilo m

  1. Nile

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Anagrams

Latin

Proper noun

Nīlō

  1. dative/ablative of Nīlus

Old Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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.

Descendants

  • Spanish: Nilo

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: Ni‧lo

Etymology 1

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

Proper noun

Nilo m

  1. Nile (a river in northeastern Africa)

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Nilo m

  1. a male given name

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited 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/
  • Rhymes: -ilo
  • Syllabification: Ni‧lo

Proper noun

Nilo m

  1. Nile

Derived terms

See also

Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia