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Nilotic
/ naɪˈlɒtɪk /
adjective
- of or relating to the Nile
- of, relating to, or belonging to a tall Negroid pastoral people inhabiting South Sudan, parts of Kenya and Uganda, and neighbouring countries
- relating to or belonging to the group of languages spoken by the Nilotic peoples
noun
- 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
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Origin of Nilotic1
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Example Sentences
The teeth are nearly double in number those of the Nilotic monster, but he is far less dangerous, and feeds only on fish.
In this nilotic region, myriads of water-fowls find a favorite resort.
Yet others again, especially on the north, are of Gala (Galla) or Nilotic origin.
The mass of the Egyptian people is to-day, as in Pharaoh's time, of the old "Nilotic" stock.
This day, and for three days past, Fielding had been abed in his cabin with a touch of Nilotic fever.
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