SHILLUK

Meaning of SHILLUK in English

Shilluk BrE AmE ʃɪ ˈlʊk AmE \ -ˈluːk

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SHILLUK — noun (plural ~ or ~s) Etymology: probably from dialect Arabic, from ~ cɔlɔ, a self-designation Date: 1790 a member of …
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SHILLUK — People living on the western bank of the Nile in The Sudan. They speak an Eastern Sudanic language of the …
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SHILLUK — shə̇ˈlük noun ( plural shilluk or shilluks ) Usage: usually capitalized 1. a. : a Nilotic Negro people of the …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SHILLUK — /shi loohk"/ , n. , pl. Shilluks , ( esp. collectively ) Shilluk for 1. 1. a member of a …
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SHILLUK — noun ( plural Shilluk or Shilluks ) Etymology: probably from dialect Arabic, from Shilluk cɔlɔ, a self-designation Date: 1790 1. …
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SHILLUK — [Shil.luk] n, pl Shilluk or Shilluks (1790) 1: a member of a Nilotic people of the Sudan dwelling mainly on …
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SHILLUK — Nilotic people living along the west bank of the Nile between Lake No and latitude 12 N in the south …
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SHILLUK — People living on the western bank of the Nile in The Sudan. They speak an Eastern Sudanic language of the …
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SHILLUK — Pronunciation: shi- ' lük Function: noun Inflected Form: plural Shilluk or Shilluks Etymology: probably from dialect Arabic, from Shilluk c …
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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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NILOTIC — I. (ˈ)nī|läd.]ik, -ät], ]ēk\ adjective Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: Latin niloticus of the Nile, from nilotis, feminine adjective (from Greek …
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LWO — I. noun or lwoo ləˈwō ( -s ) Usage: usually capitalized : a division of the Nilotic languages including Shilluk, …
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CHIEF — I. ˈchēf noun ( plural chiefs ˈchēfs sometimes -ēvz) Etymology: Middle English chief, chef, from Old French chief, chef, from …
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DINKA — /ding"keuh/ , n. , pl. Dinkas , ( esp. collectively ) Dinka . 1. a member of a tall, pastoral, …
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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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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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NILE RIVER
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FUNJ DYNASTY — also spelled Fung, line of kings that ruled in the Nilotic Sudan of Eastern Africa in the 16th19th century. At …
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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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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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AFRICA — n. 25B6; noun . See list. African Peoples Acholi Mande/Mandingo Afars Mandinka Afrikaners Masai Akan Matabele Ashanti Mbuti Baganda Mende …
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