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Definitions

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

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

Synonyms

All synonyms

nileannileannilotic language

Etymology

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

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