Nilote

[ nahy-loh-tee ]

/ naɪˈloʊ ti /

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noun, plural Ni·lo·tes, (especially collectively) Ni·lo·te.

Rare. a member of any of various Indigenous Black peoples from the region surrounding the southern Nile Valley, especially those speaking a Nilotic language.

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Also Ni·lot [nahy-lot] /ˈnaɪ lɒt/ .

Origin of Nilote

First recorded in 1890–95; Nil(e) + -ot, from Greek -ōtēs personal noun suffix

Words nearby Nilote

Nilgiri Hills, nill, Nilometer, Nilópolis, Nilo-Saharan, Nilote, Nilotic, Nilotic crocodile, nilpotent, nil return, nil sine numine