Great African river (4)

I believe the answer is:

nile

(Other definitions for nile that I've seen before include "Cleopatra's river" , "long-distance runner in Africa" , "Line (anag)" , "Long river" , "World's longest river" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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