SHILLUK


Meaning of SHILLUK in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ shi-ˈlük ]

noun

( plural Shilluk or Shilluks )

Etymology: probably from dialect Arabic, from Shilluk cɔlɔ, a self-designation

Date: 1790

1. : a member of a Nilotic people of the Sudan dwelling mainly on the west bank of the White Nile

2. : the language of the Shilluk people

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.