plural Nilotes
Any member of a cluster of east-central African peoples living in southern Sudan, northern Uganda, and western Kenya.
The name refers to the region of the Upper Nile and its tributaries, where most of them live. Nilotic languages belong to the Eastern Sudanic group of the Nilo-Saharan family. A notable shared physical characteristic is their average height, men commonly reaching 7 ft (210 cm). The Acholi, Dinka , Luo , Masai , Nandi, Nuer , and Shilluk are classed as Nilotes. Altogether they number about seven million.