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Nilotic

//naɪˈlɒtɪk// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or pertaining to the Nile or the people who live on its banks.
  2. 2
    Of or pertaining to the Nilotic languages or the people who speak them.
Adjective
  1. 1
    of or relating to or constituting the Nilotic group of languages wordnet
  2. 2
    of or relating to the Nile River or the people living near it wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    A group of languages spoken in parts of South Sudan, Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania. uncountable
  2. 2
    a group of languages of East Africa belonging to the Chari-Nile group wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Latin Nīlōticus, from Ancient Greek Νειλώτης (Neilṓtēs, “on the Nile”). Analyzable as Nile + -otic.

Etymology 2

From Latin Nīlōticus, from Ancient Greek Νειλώτης (Neilṓtēs, “on the Nile”). Analyzable as Nile + -otic.

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