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

Thursday’s clashes in the Malakal camp occurred between members of the Shilluk and Nuer ethnic groups, a local representative of the displaced people told The Associated Press.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 9, 2023

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

Lapo Simigli, who works for Solidarités International, a French-based nongovernmental organization that is providing clean water to Wau Shilluk, has worked in some of the toughest, most violent places on earth.

From New York Times • Jun. 27, 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