Shilluk
Americannoun
plural
Shilluks,plural
Shilluk-
a member of a Nilotic people of Sudan.
-
the Nilotic language of the Shilluk.
adjective
Etymology
Origin of Shilluk
First recorded in 1785–95; via Arabic from Shilluk, a self-designation
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
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
The country’s third-largest ethnic group, the Shilluk, have also been drawn into the fighting, first on the side of the government but more recently aligned with the rebels.
From New York Times • Aug. 26, 2015
On Sunday, 18th September, the Sirdar despatched a Shilluk runner to go by land with a letter to Major Marchand telling him of the approach of the Egyptian flotilla.
From Khartoum Campaign, 1898 or the Re-Conquest of the Soudan by Burleigh, Bennet
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
