Nilotic

American  

[nahy-lot-ik] / naɪˈlɒt ɪk /

adjective

1. of or relating to the Nile River or the inhabitants of the Nile region.

2. of or relating to the Nilotic group of languages.

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noun

1. a group of languages belonging to the Eastern Sudanic branch of Nilo-Saharan, and including Dinka, Luo, Masai, and Nandi.

Nilotic British  

/ naɪˈlɒtɪk /

adjective

1. of or relating to the Nile

2. of, relating to, or belonging to a tall Negroid pastoral people inhabiting South Sudan, parts of Kenya and Uganda, and neighbouring countries

3. relating to or belonging to the group of languages spoken by the Nilotic peoples

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noun

1. 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

Etymology

Origin of Nilotic

1645–55; < Latin Nīlōticus of the Nile < Greek Neilōtikós. See Nile, -otic

Example Sentences

The Luo, a Nilotic people from western Kenya, have among the most elaborate burial customs in Kenya.

From BBC

But this Nilotic tribe, apparently, had some media savvy.

From Salon

Painters decorated Roman villas with Nilotic scenes featuring crocodiles and hippos.

From Washington Post

Some think it is of Egyptian origin, but there is no trace of a dove goddess in Nilotic art.

From Project Gutenberg

At the same time we may detect certain relations, not to the Nilotic, but the Bantu tongues.

From Project Gutenberg