ACHOLI

Meaning of ACHOLI in English

[ ə'tʃəʊli ]

■ noun ( plural same)

1》 a member of a farming and pastoral people of northern Uganda and southern Sudan.

2》 the Nilotic language of the ~.

Origin

the name in ~.

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