Shilluk
Americannoun
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a member of a Nilotic people of Sudan.
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the Nilotic language of the Shilluk.
adjective
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of Shilluk
First recorded in 1785–95; via Arabic from Shilluk, a self-designation
Example Sentences
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When government troops attacked his hometown of Wau Shilluk in January, Koolekheh grabbed his wife and three children and left.
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
The nation’s third largest group, the Shilluk, were initially aligned with the government but this spring switched to join the rebels.
From New York Times • Nov. 9, 2015
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
Incidentally it may be stated that the Shilluk country is exceedingly fertile.
From Khartoum Campaign, 1898 or the Re-Conquest of the Soudan by Burleigh, Bennet
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