Alawy.

The Nile is so called by the Abyssinians. The word means “the giant.”

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

Aladine
Alako
Alans
Alarcon
Alarm
Alarum Bell
Alasnam
Alasnam’s Mirror
Alastor
Alauda
Alawy
Alb
Albadara
Alban (St.)
Albania
Albanian Hat (An)
Albano Stone
Albany
Albati
Albatross
Albert (An)