WHITE NILE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does White Nile mean? 

• WHITE NILE (noun)
  The noun WHITE NILE has 1 sense:

1. a headstream of the Nile; joins the Blue Nile at Khartoum to form the Nile

  Familiarity information: WHITE NILE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WHITE NILE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A headstream of the Nile; joins the Blue Nile at Khartoum to form the Nile

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Instance hypernyms:

headstream (a stream that forms the source of a river)

 Context examples 

Even more imminent, the White Nile — one of the two main tributaries of the Nile — could lose its source waters in just a decade.

(Environmental change in Africa: Will it lead to a drying Lake Victoria?, National Science Foundation)