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This page lists the various etymologies (origins) of the names of rivers around the world. ==Africa== *Apies: from Afrikaans meaning "little apes". *Berg: from Afrikaans meaning "mountain". *Blood: from the Battle of Blood River, where 600 voortrekkers fought off 20,000 attacking Zulu troops. No voortrekkers were killed, but the dead Zulus (3,000 died) stained the nearby river with blood, and so the name stayed. *Breede: from Afrikaans meaning "wide". *Escravos: from Portuguese meaning "slaves". *Forcados: from Portuguese meaning "forked". *Gamtoos: probably derived from a Khoikhoi clan whose name was given by early Dutch settlers as "Gamtousch". *Komati: from siSwati meaning "cow". *Liesbeek: named after a small river in the Netherlands. *Modder: from Afrikaans meaning "mud". *Mooi River (KwaZulu-Natal) and Mooi River (Vaal): from Afrikaans meaning "beautiful". *Niger: from the Tuareg phrase ''gher n gheren'' meaning "river of rivers", shortened to ''ngher''. *Nile: from Greek ''Neilos'' (Νεῖλος), from Sanskrit 'Neel' meaning 'dark' or 'blue",〔Nile#Etymology of the word Nile〕 sometimes derived from the Semitic Nahal "river."〔, originally from Sanskrit 'Nihar' meaning 'mist' or 'heavy dew'. Brook of Egypt#Traditional interpretation as the Nile〕 *Nossob: from Khoikhoi meaning "black river". *Ohlanga: from Zulu meaning "reed". *Olifants: from Afrikaans meaning "elephants". *Omi Osun: from Yoruba meaning "waters of the spirit-goddess Ọṣun". *Orange: from Afrikaans "Oranje", meaning Orange, which was named after William V, Prince of Orange. *Palala: from Sotho meaning "one that inundates". *Vaal: from Afrikaans meaning "dull". 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「List of river name etymologies」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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