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Shil⋅luk

[shi-look]
–noun, plural -luks, (especially collectively) -luk for 1.
1. a member of a Nilotic people of Sudan.
2. the Nilotic language of this people.
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Shil·luk   (shĭ-lōōk')   
n.   pl. Shilluk or Shil·luks
  1. A member of a people inhabiting the western bank of the Nile River in southern Sudan.

  2. The Nilotic language of the Shilluk.

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