Shilluk

American  

[shi-look] / ʃɪˈluk /

noun

plural

Shilluks,

plural

Shilluk

1. a member of a Nilotic people of Sudan.

2. the Nilotic language of the Shilluk.

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adjective

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

Etymology

Origin of Shilluk

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

Example Sentences

Satellite imagery collected by Amnesty International shows the destruction of homes and other civilian buildings, including a temple, in the central areas of Wau Shilluk.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 20, 2017

But leaders of a third ethnic group, the Shilluk, who are loosely aligned with Machar’s Nuer forces, have vowed to take it back.

From Washington Post • Jul. 14, 2016

For the most part, the camp’s residents exist together in relative peace, the Shilluk in sector one, the Nuer and Dinka in sector two.

From The Guardian • Oct. 28, 2015

Lapo Simigli, who works for Solidarités International, a French-based nongovernmental organization that is providing clean water to Wau Shilluk, has worked in some of the toughest, most violent places on earth.

From New York Times • Jun. 27, 2015

According to the common Shilluk tradition any son of a king had the right thus to fight the king in possession and, if he succeeded in killing him, to reign in his stead.

From The Golden Bough by Frazer, James George, Sir