What does "nuer" mean?

Any member of a pastoral confederation of tribes located in South Sudan and western Ethiopia, forming one of the largest ethnic groups of East Africa.

Nuer

//ˈnuːə// name, noun

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Noun

1
Any member of a pastoral confederation of tribes located in South Sudan and western Ethiopia, forming one of the largest ethnic groups of East Africa.

Proper Noun

1
The language spoken by these people.

Etymology

Borrowed from Dinka Nuer; the Nuer name is Naath.

Related phrases

east africa ethnic group

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