DINKA

Meaning of DINKA in English

n. member of simple African people of the Nile Valley in southern Sudan; Nilotic language of the Dinka people

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DINKA — noun (plural ~s; also ~) Etymology: probably ultimately from ~ jieŋ, a self-designation Date: 1861 a member of a pastoral …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
DINKA — Cattle-herding people of the Nile basin in southern Sudan. They speak an eastern Sudanic language of the Nuer . Numbering …
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DINKA — ˈdiŋkə noun ( plural dinka or dinkas ) Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: modification of Dinka jieng people 1. a. : …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DINKA — /ding"keuh/ , n. , pl. Dinkas , ( esp. collectively ) Dinka . 1. a member of a tall, pastoral, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DINKA — noun ( plural Dinkas also Dinka ) Etymology: probably ultimately from Dinka jieŋ, a self-designation Date: 1861 1. : a …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DINKA — [ 'dɪŋkə ] ■ noun ( plural same or ~s ) 1》 a member of a Sudanese people of the …
Concise Oxford English vocab
DINKA — [Din.ka] n, pl Dinkas also Dinka (1861) 1: a member of a pastoral people of the Nile Valley in south …
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DINKA — Dinka village on the Nile River in the southern Sudan also called Jieng, people who live in the savanna country …
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DINKA — Dinka BrE AmE ˈdɪŋk ə ▷ Dinka|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
DINKA — n. Cattle-herding people of the Nile basin in southern Sudan. They speak an eastern Sudanic language of the Nilo-Saharan family …
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DINKA — Динка
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DINKA — n. Pronunciation: ' di ŋ -k ə Function: noun Inflected Form: plural Dinkas also Dinka Etymology: probably ultimately from Dinka …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
SUDAN, THE — officially Republic of the Sudan Country, North Africa. Area: 966,757 sq mi (2,503,890 sq km). Population (2002 est.): 37,090,000. Capital: …
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NUER — People of the marsh and savanna living on both banks of the Nile River in southern Sudan. They speak an …
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NILOT — plural Nilotes Any member of a cluster of east-central African peoples living in southern Sudan, northern Uganda, and western Kenya. …
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NILO-SAHARAN LANGUAGES — Group of perhaps 115 African languages spoken by more than 27 million people from Mali to Ethiopia and from southernmost …
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NILOTIC — I. (ˈ)nī|läd.]ik, -ät], ]ēk\ adjective Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: Latin niloticus of the Nile, from nilotis, feminine adjective (from Greek …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TIANG — (ˈ)tē|aŋ noun ( -s ) Etymology: Dinka : topi ; especially : a rather small purplish red black-marked Senegalese topi …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
NILOTIC — /nuy lot"ik/ , adj. 1. of or pertaining to the Nile River or the inhabitants of the Nile region. 2. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
NUER — [ 'nu:ə ] ■ noun ( plural same or ~s ) 1》 a member of an African people of SE …
Concise Oxford English vocab
WESTERMANN, DIEDRICH — born June 24, 1875, Baden, Ger. died May 31, 1956, Baden, W.Ger. in full Diedrich Hermann Westermann German scholar of …
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SUDAN, THE — officially Republic of The Sudan, Arabic As-Sudan, or Jumhuriyat As-Sudan, country located in northeastern Africa. It is bounded on the …
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STATISTICS: SUDAN, THE
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NUER — people who live in the marshy and savanna country on both banks of the Nile River in the southern Sudan. …
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NILOTIC LANGUAGES — group of related languages spoken in Uganda, Kenya, southern Sudan, and northern Tanzania. These languages are usually classified as belonging …
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NILOT — plural Nilotes, any member of several east-central African peoples living in southern Sudan, northern Uganda, and western Kenya. The name …
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NILE RIVER
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DURANTE, JIMMY — born Feb. 10, 1893, New York, N.Y., U.S. died Jan. 29, 1980, Santa Monica, Calif. byname of James Francis Durante, …
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AFRICAN LANGUAGESADDITIONAL READING — Istvan Fodor, The Problems in the Classification of the African Languages: Methodological and Theoretical Conclusions Concerning the Classification System of …
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AFRICAN LANGUAGES — languages indigenous to Africa that belong to the Niger-Congo, Nilo-Saharan, Khoisan, and Afro-Asiatic language families. The number of African languages …
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AFRICAN ARTS — the visual, performing, and literary arts of native Africa, particularly of sub-Saharan, or black, Africa. The arts include the media …
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SUDAN, THE — officially Republic of the Sudan Country, North Africa. Area: 966,757 sq mi (2,503,890 sq km). Population (2002 est.): 37,090,000. Capital: …
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