Nilo

See also: nilo, níló, and Nilo-

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic النِّيل (an-nīl). Compare French le Nil, English Nile, German der Nil, Polish Nil, Russian Ни́л (Níl), Spanish el Nilo, Italian ìl Nìlo, Catalan el Nil, Portuguese o Nilo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnilo/

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• Rhymes: -ilo
• Hyphenation: Ni‧lo

Proper noun

Nilo (accusative Nilon)

2. the Nile (river)
   • 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

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

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

il Nilo m

2. the Nile (river)

Related terms

• nilota
• nilotico

Anagrams

• Lino, lino, noli

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈniː.ɫoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈniː.lo]
• Hyphenation: Nī‧lō

Proper noun

Nīlō

1. dative/ablative of Nīlus

Old Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Nilo m

2. the Nile (river)
   • c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, fol. 17v:

     […] q̃ 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

• IPA^(key): /ˈni.lu/

• Rhymes: -ilu
• Hyphenation: Ni‧lo

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Nilo, from Latin Nīlus, from Ancient Greek Νεῖλος (Neîlos).

Proper noun

Nilo m

1. Nile (a large river in Africa flowing through Khartoum and Cairo into the Mediterranean Sea, usually considered to be the longest river in the world)

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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/ [ˈni.lo]
• Rhymes: -ilo
• Syllabification: Ni‧lo

Proper noun

Nilo m

2. the Nile (river)

Derived terms

• cocodrilo del Nilo
• ganso del Nilo
• nilómetro

See also

• Nilo on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Nilo, from Old Spanish Nilo, from Latin Nīlus, from Ancient Greek Νεῖλος (Neîlos), possibly of Semitic origin.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈnilo/ [ˈn̪iː.lo]
• Rhymes: -ilo
• Syllabification: Ni‧lo

Proper noun

Nilo (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜒᜎᜓ)

1. Nile (a large river in Africa flowing through Khartoum and Cairo into the Mediterranean Sea, usually considered to be the longest river in the world)

   Synonym: Ilog Nilo

Further reading

• “Nilo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018.