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

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

From Salon • Aug. 1, 2018

Upon this feature, so characteristic of the Nilotic race, I would lay great stress.

From Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 1 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

The heroine of the tale is a Nilotic version of "Aurora Floyd."

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 15 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

These civilizations of the old world, among which the Mesopotamian and the Nilotic were the earliest, were built on no unsound foundations.

From Myths of Babylonia and Assyria by Mackenzie, Donald Alexander

Herein are also described the Bakene, lake dwellers, the Bagesu, a cannibal tribe, the Basoga and the Nilotic tribes the Bateso and Kavirondo.

From Man, Past and Present by Haddon, Alfred Court