Nuer
Americannoun
PLURAL
NuersPLURAL
Nuerer-
a member of a tribal people who live along the Nile in southern Sudan and subsist chiefly by raising cattle.
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the Nilotic language of the Nuer people.
Example Sentences
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These have been fuelled by ethnic divisions - Kiir is Dinka, while Machar is Nuer - and competing political ambitions.
From BBC
He switched sides on several occasions during the battle to secede from Sudan, as he sought to strengthen his position and that of his Nuer ethnic group.
From BBC
Thursday’s clashes in the Malakal camp occurred between members of the Shilluk and Nuer ethnic groups, a local representative of the displaced people told The Associated Press.
From Seattle Times
The fighting erupted Thursday morning in the Malakal site between members of the Shilluk and Nuer ethnic groups.
From Seattle Times
The power struggle in South Sudan between President Salva Kiir, a Dinka, and Vice President Riek Machar, a Nuer, took on an ethnic dimension during the civil war.
From Washington Times
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