NUER

Meaning of NUER in English

[ 'nu:ə ]

■ noun ( plural same or ~s )

1》 a member of an African people of SE Sudan and Ethiopia.

2》 the Nilotic language of the ~.

Origin

the name in Dinka.

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

NUER — noun (plural ~) Etymology: probably ultimately from ~ naað, a self-designation Date: 1861 a member of a Nilotic people of …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
NUER — People of the marsh and savanna living on both banks of the Nile River in southern Sudan. They speak an …
Английский словарь Британика
NUER — ˈnüə(r) noun ( plural nuer or nuers ) Usage: usually capitalized 1. a. : a numerous and widespread Nilotic people …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
NUER — /nooh"euhr/ , n. , pl. Nuers , ( esp. collectively ) Nuer for 1. 1. a member of a tribal …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
NUER — noun ( plural Nuer ) Etymology: probably ultimately from Nuer naað, a self-designation Date: 1861 1. : a member of …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
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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NUER — n. People of the marsh and savanna living on both banks of the Nile River in southern Sudan. They speak …
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NUER — Нуэр
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
NUER — n. Pronunciation: ' nü- ə r Function: noun Inflected Form: plural Nuer Etymology: probably ultimately from Nuer naa ð , …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
NUANCE — noun Etymology: French, from Middle French, shade of color, from nuer to make shades of color, from nue cloud, from …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
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: …
Английский словарь Британика
NILOT — plural Nilotes Any member of a cluster of east-central African peoples living in southern Sudan, northern Uganda, and western Kenya. …
Английский словарь Британика
NILO-SAHARAN LANGUAGES — Group of perhaps 115 African languages spoken by more than 27 million people from Mali to Ethiopia and from southernmost …
Английский словарь Британика
EVANS-PRITCHARD, SIR E(DWARD) E(VAN) — born Sept. 21, 1902, Crowborough, Sussex, Eng. died Sept. 11, 1973, Oxford, Oxfordshire British social anthropologist. The most influential British …
Английский словарь Британика
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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AGE SET — Formally organized social group consisting of every male (or female) of comparable age. In societies where the practice traditionally occurs …
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NUANCE — I. ˈn(y)üˌän(t)s, ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷ also -äⁿs sometimes ˈn(y)üən- noun ( -s ) Etymology: French, from Middle French, shade of color, from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
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
LEOPARD-SKIN CHIEF — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷- noun : a mediator or arbitrator who settles disputes and feuds among the Nuer
Webster's New International English Dictionary
NUANCE — noun Etymology: French, from Middle French, shade of color, from nuer to make shades of color, from nue cloud, from …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
NUANCE — [nu.ance] n [F, fr. MF, shade of color, fr. nuer to make shades of color, fr. nue cloud, fr. L …
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TOTEMISM
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SACRIFICE — a religious rite in which an object is offered to a divinity in order to establish, maintain, or restore a …
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RITUAL — the performance of ceremonial acts prescribed by tradition or by sacerdotal decree. Ritual is a specific, observable mode of behaviour …
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PRIMITIVE CULTURE — in the lexicon of early anthropologists, any of numerous societies characterized by features that may include lack of a written …
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KINSHIP
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FEUD — also called blood feud a continuing state of conflict between two groups within a society (typically kinship groups) characterized by …
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AGE SET — a formally organized group consisting of every male (or female) of comparable age. In those societies chiefly identified with the …
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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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EVANS-PRITCHARD, SIR EDWARD — born September 21, 1902, Crowborough, Sussex, Eng. died September 11, 1973, Oxford, Oxfordshire in full Sir Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard one …
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