Niles

Illinois suburb town

Niles is a masculine given name and surname, also the name of several American towns and cities—most notably in Illinois and Ohio.

The name gained pop culture recognition through the fastidious psychiatrist Niles Crane on the sitcom *Frasier*: He's such a Niles—fussy about everything.

character

Frasier

Spinoff about Seattle analyst

brother · Daphne · Seattle · snobbish · neurotic · dapper · meticulous · sherry · wine · opera

river

delta

Symbol denoting variation

basin · sediment · silt · irrigation · papyrus · crocodile · hippopotamus · source · confluence · Aswan

place

Illinois

Midwestern state, sixth-largest

  • OhioMidwestern state, major river
  • MichiganNorthern Great Lakes state
  • townshipCounty's smaller division

suburb · Chicago · municipality · city · town · village

Categories
Opposites
urban scale

Nilesmegalopolis

Vast merged urban region

New York City · Tokyo · London · Los Angeles · Chicago

Phrases
Family

Nile

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G