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尼羅河
简 尼罗河 · 繁 尼羅河Mandarin · pinyin Ní luó Hé
Meanings
- the Nile (river in northeastern Africa)
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2–2–2 · Ni2 luo2 He2
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nei4 lo4 ho4
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- Nile (a large river in Africa, usually considered to be the longest river in the world; its basin covers Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Eritrea, South Sudan, Sudan, and Egypt, flowing north through Khartoum and Cairo into the Mediterranean Sea)
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