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Nilo may refer to: * Nilo (name) * Nilo, Cundinamarca, a town in Colombia See also * Nilo-Saharan languages * Nilo Rukundpur, a village in Patepur Tehsil, Vaishali, Bihar, India * Nilo Syrtis, a region just north of Syrtis Major Planum on Mars * Nile (other) The Nile, in northeast Africa, is one of the world's longest rivers. Nile may also refer to: Places * Nile Swim Club, Yeadon, Pennsylvania, Yeadon, Pennsylvania, named after the Nile, Nile River * Nile Township, Scioto County, Ohio, named aft ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Nilo (name)
Nilo is both a given name and a surname. Also the Italian, Portuguese and Spanish pronunciation of the Nile river. Notable people with the name include: Given name: * Nilo Acuña, professional footballer who played in Uruguay * Nilo Alcala, Filipino composer, arranger, and singer * Nilo Alves da Cunha, Brazilian footballer * Nilo Carretero, Argentine footballer * Nilo Cruz, Cuban-American playwright and pedagogue * Nilo Floody, Chilean modern pentathlete * Nilo Guimarães, São Toméan businessman and politician * Nilo Murtinho Braga, Brazilian footballer * Nilo Peçanha, Brazilian politician * Nilo Pereira, Brazilian journalist and teacher * Nilo da Silva, Brazilian modern pentathlete Surname: * Joy Nilo, Filipino composer * Humberto Nilo, director of the University of Chile school of arts * Prisco Nilo, Filipino meteorologist See also * Niño (name) * Nino (name) {{given name, type=both ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Nilo, Cundinamarca
Nilo is a Colombian municipality located in the Cundinamarca Department, department of Cundinamarca. It is part of the Alto Magdalena Province and is situated 148 kilometers southwest of Bogotá History In Pre-Columbian era, pre-Columbian era, the territory of what is now the municipality of Nilo was inhabited by the Panche people, Panche indigenous people. In 1627, the Spanish magistrate Lesmes de Espinosa visited Tocaima and its surrounding settlements and ordered the construction of a church on the estate of Francisco Desquivel, Francisco de Esquivel, located on the banks of the Sumapaz River. This church was designated for the religious services of residents from the Valle de Picalá and Fusagasugá. There were two main settlements in the area: Nilo, located near Tocaima, and Limones, situated near the Pagüey River. By the late 18th century, with the aim of increasing the establishment of parishes for white settlers in the region, Father Francisco Antonio Ruíz founded th ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Nilo-Saharan Languages
The Nilo-Saharan languages are a proposed family of around 210 African languages spoken by somewhere around 70 million speakers, mainly in the upper parts of the Chari River, Chari and Nile rivers, including historic Nubia, north of where the two tributaries of the Nile meet. The languages extend through 17 nations in the northern half of Africa: from Algeria to Benin in the west; from Libya to the Democratic Republic of the Congo in the centre; and from Egypt to Tanzania in the east. As indicated by its hyphenated name, Nilo-Saharan is a family of the African interior, including the greater Nile Basin and the Central Sahara Desert. Eight of its proposed constituent divisions (excluding Kunama languages, Kunama, Kuliak, and Songhai languages, Songhay) are found in the modern countries of Sudan and South Sudan, through which the Nile River flows. In his book ''The Languages of Africa'' (1963), Joseph Greenberg named the group and argued it was a genetic (linguistics), genetic fam ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Nilo Rukundpur
Vaishali district is a district in the Indian state of Bihar. It is a part of Tirhut division. Vaishali is known for being the birthplace of Mahavira of the Jain religion. Hajipur, its largest city and district headquarters, is known for its banana forest. The district is connected via the NH-77 and NH-322 highways, Gandhi Setu and Jay Prakash Setu (JP Setu) Bridges over(Holy) Ganga River which connect the state capital Patna, the division headquarters Muzaffarpur, and the eastward district Samastipur. History Ancient Vaishali According to legend, Vaishali derives its name from King Vishala, a son of Ikshvaku who founded the city. Vaishali was the capital of the vibrant Licchavi republic and was closely associated with the early histories of both Buddhism and Jainism. In that period, Vaishali was an ancient metropolis and the capital city of the republic of the Vajji confederation, which covered most of the Himalayan Gangetic region of present-day Bihar. Magadha rulers o ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Nilo Syrtis
Nilo Syrtis (or Nilosyrtis) is a region just north of Syrtis Major Planum on Mars, at approximately 23°N, 76°E and an elevation of −0.5 km. It marks a region of transition (a " crustal dichotomy") between southern highland and northern lowland terrain, and consists of isolated peaks and mesas. On average, the drop in elevation between the two terrains is 5,500 meters (18,000 feet). Mars Science Laboratory Nilosyrtis is one of the sites proposed as a landing site for the Mars Science Laboratory Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) is a robotic spacecraft, robotic space probe mission to Mars launched by NASA on November 26, 2011, which successfully landed ''Curiosity (rover), Curiosity'', a Mars rover, in Gale (crater), Gale Crater on Augus .... However, it did not make the final cut. It was in the top 7, but not in the top 4. The aim of the Mars Science Laboratory is to search for signs of ancient life. It is hoped that a later mission could then return samples fr ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |