How do you pronounce nilus?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈnaɪ̯.ləs/.

nilus

/ˈnaɪ̯.ləs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.61 in modern English

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"As looks the ſun through Nilus flowing ſtream, Or when the morning holds him in her armes. So lookes my Lordly loue, faire Tamburlaine: […]"
"But afterwards, for that the boates and veſſels uſed upon this ſea in the paſſage thither, were made and wound of papyr reeds like thoſe of the river Nilus, […]"

silas stylus eyeless pilus tieless strobilus stilus

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