NILO-SAHARAN

Meaning of NILO-SAHARAN in English

[ ˌnʌɪləʊsə'hα:rən ]

■ adjective denoting or belonging to a phylum of languages including the Nilotic family and other languages of northern and eastern Africa.

Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004

NILO-SAHARAN — /nuy'loh seuh har"euhn, -hair"-, -hahr"-/ , n. a family of African languages, including the Central and Eastern Sudanic groups as …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
NILO-SAHARAN — Nilo-Saharan BrE AmE ˌnaɪl əʊ sə ˈhɑːr ə n ◂ AmE \ ˌnaɪl oʊ sə ˈhær ə n ◂ -ˈher-, …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SAHARAN — adjective see: Sahara
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SAHARAN — -rən adjective also sa·ha·ri·an -rēən Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: Sahara desert + English -an, -ian : of, relating to, characteristic …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SAHARAN — adj. pertaining to the Sahara desert in northern Africa
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
SAHARAN — see Sahara
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SAHARAN — [ sə'hα:rən ] ■ adjective relating to the Sahara Desert.
Concise Oxford English vocab
SAHARAN — сахарский; относящийся к Сахаре похожий на Сахару; жаркий, сухой и пустынный
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SAHARAN — сахарский; относящийся к Сахаре похожий на Сахару; жаркий, сухой и пустынный
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
NILO — Nilo
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
NILO — Nilo
Русско-Американский Английский словарь
SAHARAN — a 1> сахарский; относящийся к Сахаре 2> похожий на Сахару; жаркий, сухой и пустынный
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
SAHARAN — (r) относящийся к сахаре
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
SAHARAN — (a) жаркий; похожий на сахару; сахарский; сухой и пустынный
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
SAHARAN — a 1) сахарский; относящийся к Сахаре 2) похожий на Сахару; жаркий, сухой и пустынный
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
SAHARAN — a 1> сахарский; относящийся к Сахаре 2> похожий на Сахару; жаркий, сухой и пустынный
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
SAHARAN — сахарский; относящийся к Сахаре похожий на Сахару; жаркий, сухой и пустынный
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
SAHARAN — сахарский; относящийся к Сахаре похожий на Сахару; жаркий, сухой и пустынный
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
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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SENADOR NILO COELHO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT — Airport Name : Senador Nilo Coelho International Airport Airport Location : Petrolina, Brazil IATA Code : PNZ ICAO Code : …
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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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NILO-HAMITIC — “+ noun Usage: usually capitalized N&H Etymology: nilo tic (I) + hamitic : the eastern branch of the Nilotic languages
Webster's New International English Dictionary
NILO-HAMITE — |nī(ˌ)lō+ noun Usage: usually capitalized N&H Etymology: nilo tic (I) + hamite : a member of a group of East …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
NILO-SAHARAN LANGUAGES — group of languages presumed to be genetically interrelated, or descended from a common ancestral language. Joseph Greenberg proposed the Chari-Nile …
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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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SBPL — Airport Name : Senador Nilo Coelho International Airport Airport Location : Petrolina, Brazil IATA Code : PNZ ICAO Code : …
Airport Code English Dictionary
PNZ — Airport Name : Senador Nilo Coelho International Airport Airport Location : Petrolina, Brazil IATA Code : PNZ ICAO Code : …
Airport Code English Dictionary
FONTE — n 1. source; 2. (baptismal) font; fontes del Nilo sources of the Nile
Interlingua English vocab
SONGHAI — Ethnolinguistic group chiefly inhabiting the area of the great bend in the Niger River in Mali, centred on the site …
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LANGUAGE — I System of conventional spoken or written symbols used by people in a shared culture to communicate with each other. …
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KANURI — People of northeastern Nigeria and southeastern Niger, with smaller numbers in Chad, Cameroon, and Sudan. They number about four million. …
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GREENBERG, JOSEPH H(AROLD) — born May 28, 1915, New York, N.Y., U.S. died May 7, 2001, Stanford, Calif. U.S. anthropologist and linguist. He received …
Английский словарь Британика
AFRICAN LANGUAGES — Languages indigenous to Africa that belong to the Nilo-Saharan , Khoisan , and Afro-Asiatic language phyla. Africa is the most …
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AFRICA — I Second largest continent on Earth. It is bounded by the Mediterranean Sea, the Atlantic Ocean, the Red Sea, and …
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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
TESO — ˈtā(ˌ)sō noun ( plural teso or tesos ) Usage: usually capitalized 1. a. : a Nilo-Hamite people of eastern Uganda …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SONGHAI — /song guy"/ , n. , pl. Songhais , ( esp. collectively ) Songhai for 1. 1. a member of a …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
NUBIAN — /nooh"bee euhn, nyooh"-/ , n. 1. a member of any of the various peoples inhabiting Nubia. 2. the Nilo-Saharan language …
Random House Webster's Unabridged 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
KANURI — /keuh noor"ee/ , n. , pl. Kanuris , ( esp. collectively ) Kanuri for 1. 1. a member of a …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
EASTERN SUDANIC — a group of languages belonging to the Nilo-Saharan family, spoken in eastern and central Africa and including the Nilotic languages.
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DJERMA — /jerr"meuh, jair"-/ , n. , pl. Djermas , ( esp. collectively ) Djerma for 1. 1. a member of a …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CENTRAL SUDANIC — a group of languages belonging to the Nilo-Saharan family, spoken in the northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, northern Uganda, …
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WESTERN AFRICA, HISTORY OF
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SLAVERY — condition in which one human being is owned by another. A slave was considered in law as property, or chattel, …
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LANGUAGE — a system of conventional spoken or written symbols by means of which human beings, as members of a social group …
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HUMAN EVOLUTION
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TIMBUKTU — also spelled Tombouctou, rgion, northern Mali, West Africa, bordering Mauritania on the northwest, Algeria on the northeast, and the rgions …
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SAHARA — Kerzaz oasis on Wadi Saoura, western Sahara, Alg. (from Arabic sahara', desert), largest tropical desert in the world, encompassing almost …
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NORTH AFRICA, HISTORY OF — history of the area from prehistoric and ancient times to the 20th century. Additional reading General works Overviews of North …
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NORTH AFRICA — region of the northern African Mediterranean littoral, stretching from the Atlantic Ocean on the west to the Egyptian desert on …
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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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NIGERIA, FLAG OF — vertically striped green-white-green national flag. Its width-to-length ratio is 1 to 2. From the late 17th century in what is …
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CHAD, LAKE — French Lac Tchad, lake in west-central Africa at the conjunction of the countries of Chad, Cameroon, Nigeria, and Niger. The …
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ATLAS MOUNTAINS — The Atlas Mountains. series of mountain ranges in northwestern Africa, running generally southwest to northeast to form the geologic backbone …
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ALGERIA
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AFRICAN ARTSMUSIC
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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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AFRICATHE PEOPLE — Africa is now widely recognized as the birthplace of Hominidae (the family to which modern humans belong). Archaeological evidence indicates …
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AFRICA — in ancient Roman history, the first North African territory of Rome, at times roughly corresponding to modern Tunisia. It was …
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