Shilluk

American  

[shi-look] / ʃɪˈluk /

noun

Shilluks, plural Shilluk plural

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.

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• Shilluk
  plural
• Shilluks
  plural

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

In a country where 85 percent of women are illiterate, she had translated the Old Testament from English to Shilluk.

From Washington Post • Aug. 6, 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

The town is largely Shilluk, one of the nation’s biggest ethnic groups.

From New York Times • Jun. 27, 2015

Shargorodsky, S., 284 Sharra, the, 272 Shaw, G. A., 242 Shawías, the, 470 Shawnee, the, 354, 375, 378, and map, pp. 334-5 Shendu, the, 183 Sheyanté, the, 183 Shilluk, the, 78 sqq.,

From Man, Past and Present by Haddon, Alfred Court