Shilluk

[ shi-look ]

noun,plural Shil·luks, (especially collectively) Shil·luk for 1.
  1. a member of a Nilotic people of Sudan.

  2. the Nilotic language of the Shilluk.

adjective
  1. of or relating to the Shilluk or their language.

Origin of Shilluk

1
First recorded in 1785–95; via Arabic from Shilluk, a self-designation

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