NILO
The name NILO could have traced its origin from the Old Testament. It could have been derived from river Nile from where Moses was plucked. When affixing to a female child, it becomes NILA and when male, NILO. Thanks.
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Interesting! What's the origin of the name? Greek? Because the name "Nile" wasn't used by Hebrews or by Egyptians. Both called it Ieor.
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NilusThe name Nile originated from the Greek word Nilus, meaning river valley.Hope this helps,
Magia
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Eventhough, my source says it is a greek word, Nilus is Latin for "river"I have this parragraph :
"Neilos per i greci, Nilus per i latini, anche il Nilo trova finalmente una sua spiegazione nel babilonese più antico che per dire e scrivere inondazione
usava nilum. "
My Italian is not that good but I get from
his, that for the Greek it was Neilos, for the Latin Nilus and in old Babylon the word Nilum was used to describe a flood.
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Wow, strange that they gave it a Babylonian name and not an Egyptian one! lol
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Nilus doesn't mean 'river' in general, though - it's just the name of that specific river, or more likely the god of that specific river. And where his name came from is not clear to me ... the Egyptians had other explanations for the Nile and its flooding ... the Romans were the great specialists at river gods. But in Latin a river was: flumen.
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