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Nilotic
/ naɪˈlɒtɪk /
adjective
of or relating to the Nile
of, relating to, or belonging to a tall Negroid pastoral people inhabiting South Sudan, parts of Kenya and Uganda, and neighbouring countries
relating to or belonging to the group of languages spoken by the Nilotic peoples
noun
a group of languages of E Africa, including Luo, Dinka, and Masai, now generally regarded as belonging to the Chari-Nile branch of the Nilo-Saharan family
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of Nilotic1
Example Sentences
The Luo, a Nilotic people from western Kenya, have among the most elaborate burial customs in Kenya.
But this Nilotic tribe, apparently, had some media savvy.
Painters decorated Roman villas with Nilotic scenes featuring crocodiles and hippos.
The next morning, frantic Hutu militia groups, convinced that the Nilotic apocalypse was at hand, launched a ferocious attack against their Tutsi neighbours.
In the Caucasian group, for example, are placed the Teutonic, Indostanic, Shemitic, and Nilotic families, each of which, it can be shown, has existed utterly distinct for 5000 years, not to mention many subdivisions.
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