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The Nile is a nubian word which means (to drink), and it has another meaning (The place where you can bring the water), by the way the Nile word doesn't have a meaning in any other language. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nubiano (talk • contribs) 17:17, 8 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Historic and source of the Nile addition

The highest peak of the Rwenzori reaches 5,109 metres (16,762 ft), are a range of mountains in eastern equatorial Africa, located on the border between Uganda and the Virunga National Park in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, the range's upper regions are permanently snow-capped and glaciated and rivers fed by mountain streams form one of the sources of the Nile and because of this, European explorers linked the Ruwenzori with the legendary Mountains of the Moon, claimed by the Greek scholar Ptolemy as the source of the Nile. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2.27.142.3 (talk) 08:33, 13 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Source

On both this article and at White Nile, there are (understandably) contradictory statements about the source of the White Nile. Some editors have made assertions of certainty where none as of today exists. I began to work on these, but realized that I just don't have the time right now. I'm apologizing for starting it and leaving it unfinished. Un school 17:30, 25 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

“Congo”

This article says that one of the countries that the Nile River passes by is “Congo”. After I clicked the hyperlink, it redirected me to the Democratic Republic of Congo wiki page. I do not know which is appropriate (Congo DR, DRC, etc.) so I did not commit any changes. I just wanted to point out that writing “Congo” without mentioning whether it is the republic of the Congo or the democratic republic of the Congo might cause ambiguity, so I request editing it.

NINJAHSTERco (talk) 20:53, 24 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I have updated the infobox to use the full name. I think that is the only place where the full name was not used. Vpab15 (talk) 13:11, 10 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Please add a table of contents.

Can you please add a table of contents because its hard to sort this all out without it. 2600:1700:DCC0:3290:C4B9:752C:CADC:7E9 (talk) 02:43, 30 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

,xmxmxjxsismxksksm 118.103.255.15 (talk) 08:19, 19 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Second paragraph under Etymology: change "(pronounced Nili in Arabic and its grammer)" to "(pronounced Nili in Arabic and its grammar)" Stonhenge4 (talk) 10:12, 19 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Done Seawolf35 (talk) 17:21, 19 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Etymology changes

A recent addition to the etymology section gives an Arabic folk etymology from the Arabic 'nīliyy' as the origin of English 'Nile'. The rest of the section correctly explains that the Arabic 'Nīl' and the English 'Nile' are both from Latin and Greek, which in turn have uncertain origins. The new paragraph should be either clarified or removed. 2600:4040:40DD:F300:E5D0:5A35:7E5D:B5FB (talk) 22:16, 7 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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+== Etymology changes ==
+A recent addition to the etymology section gives an Arabic folk etymology from the Arabic 'nīliyy' as the origin of English 'Nile'. The rest of the section correctly explains that the Arabic 'Nīl' and the English 'Nile' are both from Latin and Greek, which in turn have uncertain origins. The new paragraph should be either clarified or removed. [[Special:Contributions/2600:4040:40DD:F300:E5D0:5A35:7E5D:B5FB|2600:4040:40DD:F300:E5D0:5A35:7E5D:B5FB]] ([[User talk:2600:4040:40DD:F300:E5D0:5A35:7E5D:B5FB|talk]]) 22:16, 7 October 2023 (UTC)