EASTERN SUDANIC

Meaning of EASTERN SUDANIC in English

a group of languages belonging to the Nilo-Saharan family, spoken in eastern and central Africa and including the Nilotic languages.

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EASTERN SUDANIC — noun Usage: usually capitalized E&S : a language group containing the Nilotic and Nubian languages and constituting a subfamily of …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
EASTERN — adjective Etymology: Middle English estern, from Old English ēasterne; akin to Old High German ōstrōni ~, Old English ēast east …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
EASTERN — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Eastern Air Lines Inc. Eastern Hemisphere Eastern Indian bronze Eastern Orthodoxy Eastern rite church …
Английский словарь Британика
SUDANIC — I. (ˈ) ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ik, -ēk adjective Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: from the Sudan + English -ic : sudanese II. noun Usage: capitalized …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
EASTERN — I. ˈestə(r)n, -R also -t ə n adjective Etymology: Middle English estern, from Old English ēasterne; akin to Old High …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
EASTERN — (a.) Going toward the east, or in the direction of east; as, an eastern voyage.
Английский словарь Webster
EASTERN — (a.) Situated or dwelling in the east; oriental; as, an eastern gate; Eastern countries.
Английский словарь Webster
EASTERN — ( a. ) Situated or dwelling in the east; oriental; as, an eastern gate; Eastern countries.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
EASTERN — ( a. ) Going toward the east, or in the direction of east; as, an eastern voyage.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SUDANIC — /sooh dan"ik/ , adj. 1. (esp. in former systems of classification) of or pertaining to a residual category of African …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
EASTERN — /ee"steuhrn/ , adj. 1. lying toward or situated in the east: the eastern half of the island. 2. directed or …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
EASTERN — adjective Etymology: Middle English estern, from Old English ēasterne; akin to Old High German ōstrōni eastern, Old English ēast east …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
EASTERN — adj going toward the east, or in the direction of east; as, an eastern voyage. 2. eastern ·adj situated or …
Webster English vocab
EASTERN — ■ adjective 1》 situated in, directed towards, or facing the east. 2》 (usu. Eastern ) coming from or characteristic of …
Concise Oxford English vocab
EASTERN — [east.ern] adj [ME estern, fr. OE easterne; akin to OHG ostroni eastern, OE east east] (bef. 12c) 1 cap: of, …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SUDANIC — [Su.dan.ic] n [the Sudan region] (1912): a group of languages neither Bantu nor Afro-Asiatic spoken in central and western Africa …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
EASTERN — province, south-central South Africa. It is bordered by Western Cape province to the west, Northern Cape province to the northwest, …
Britannica English vocabulary
SUDANIC — Sudanic BrE AmE su ˈdæn ɪk
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
EASTERN — / ˈiːstən; NAmE -ərn/ adjective 1. (also Eastern ) [ only before noun ] ( abbr. E ) located in …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
EASTERN — east ‧ ern S2 W2 BrE AmE , Eastern /ˈiːst ə n $ -ərn/ adjective ( written abbreviation E ) …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
EASTERN — adj. 1 of or in the east; inhabiting the east. 2 lying or directed towards the east. 3 (Eastern) of …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
EASTERN — adj. 1 of or in the east; inhabiting the east. 2 lying or directed towards the east. 3 (Eastern) of …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
EASTERN — adj.1 of or in the east; inhabiting the east. 2 lying or directed towards the east. 3 (Eastern) of or …
Oxford English vocab
EASTERN — Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. Eastern means in or from the …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
EASTERN — Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. Eastern means in or from the …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
EASTERN — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES eastern/southern etc extremity of sth ▪ the southern extremity of New Zealand eastern/western/Pacific etc seaboard …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
EASTERN — abbreviation E [adjective]The eastern part of the country is very mountainous.Buddhism and other Eastern (= Asian) religions fascinate me.1989 saw …
Cambridge English vocab
EASTERN — adj. Adamawa Eastern languages Eastern Air Lines Inc. Eastern Hemisphere Eastern Indian bronze Eastern Orthodoxy Eastern rite church Eastern Catholic …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
SUDANIC — Sudanic
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SUDANIC — Sudanic
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
EASTERN — 1. прил. 1) восточный; относящийся к Востоку; свойственный странам и народам Востока eastern countries ≈ страны Востока Eastern Roman Empire …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
EASTERN — eastern прил.1) восточный; относящийся к Востоку; свойственный странам и народам Востока eastern countries — страны Востока Eastern Roman Empire — …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
EASTERN — a 1. 1> восточный; относящийся к востоку 2> находящийся на востоке 3> выходящий на восток, обращённый к востоку 2. дующий …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
EASTERN — 1. прил. ; сокр. - E 1) восточный; относящийся к Востоку; свойственный странам и народам Востока eastern countries — страны …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
EASTERN — 1. прил.; сокр. - E 1) восточный; относящийся к Востоку; свойственный странам и народам Востока eastern countries — страны Востока Eastern question — …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
EASTERN — 1. _a. 1> восточный; eastern window - окно, выходящее на восток 2> расположенный в (северо-)восточной части США или относящийся к …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
EASTERN — 1. a. 1. восточный; eastern window - окно, выходящее на восток 2. расположенный в (северо-)восточной части США или относящийся к …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
SUDANIC — Sudanic
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
EASTERN — 1. прил. 1) восточный; относящийся к Востоку; свойственный странам и народам Востока eastern countries ≈ страны Востока Eastern Roman Empire …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
SUDANIC — Sudanic
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
WESTERN SUDANIC — noun Usage: usually capitalized W&S : a language family of West Africa to which were added the Bantu and Adamawa-Eastern …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SUDANIC LANGUAGES — African languages spoken from Ethiopia in the east to Nigeria in the west. Totally unrelated languages were included in the …
Britannica English vocabulary
EASTERN SUDANIC LANGUAGES — group of languages representing the most diverse of the four subbranches of the Chari-Nile branch of the Nilo-Saharan language family. …
Britannica English vocabulary
CENTRAL SUDANIC LANGUAGES — group of languages spoken by various peoples in the southern Sudan, northeastern Zaire, northwestern Uganda, Chad, and the Central African …
Britannica English vocabulary
SHILLUK — People living on the western bank of the Nile in The Sudan. They speak an Eastern Sudanic language of the …
Английский словарь Британика
NUER — People of the marsh and savanna living on both banks of the Nile River in southern Sudan. They speak an …
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
MAURITANIA — officially Islamic Republic of Mauritania Country, North Africa. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean. Area: 398,000 sq mi (1,030,700 …
Английский словарь Британика
DINKA — Cattle-herding people of the Nile basin in southern Sudan. They speak an eastern Sudanic language of the Nuer . Numbering …
Английский словарь Британика
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
TONE LANGUAGE — noun : a language (as Chinese, Sudanic, or Bantu) in which variations in tone are regularly used to distinguish words …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MORU — ˈmō(ˌ)rü, ˈmȯ(ˌ)- noun ( plural moru or morus ) Usage: usually capitalized 1. a. : a people of the Sudan …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SARA — cluster of peoples living on the fringe of the southern Sudan, especially in the northwestern regions of the Central African …
Britannica English vocabulary
NILO-SAHARAN LANGUAGES — group of languages presumed to be genetically interrelated, or descended from a common ancestral language. Joseph Greenberg proposed the Chari-Nile …
Britannica English vocabulary
NIGER-CONGO LANGUAGES — Distribution of the Niger-Congo languages. a family of languages of Africa, which in terms of the number of languages spoken, …
Britannica English vocabulary
MAURITANIA, FLAG OF — national flag consisting of a green field (background) with a central crescent and star. The flag has a width-to-length ratio …
Britannica English vocabulary
MANGBETU — also spelled Monbuttu peoples of central Africa living to the south of the Zande in northeastern Congo (Kinshasa). They speak …
Britannica English vocabulary
MADI — also spelled Ma'di, or Ma'adi Sudanic-speaking peoples who inhabit both banks of the Nile River in northwestern Uganda and in …
Britannica English vocabulary
ITURI FOREST — French Fort de L'ituri, tropical rainforest in central Africa that forms the northeastern section of the huge tropical forest covering …
Britannica English vocabulary
ISLAMIC WORLD — prehistory and history of the Islamic community. Adherence to Islam is a global phenomenon: Muslims predominate in some 30 to …
Britannica English vocabulary
CHARI-NILE LANGUAGES — also called Macro-sudanic Languages, branch of the Nilo-Saharan family of languages spoken in an area extending from southern Egypt to …
Britannica English vocabulary
CAMEROON, MOUNT — French Mont Cameroun, volcanic massif of southwestern Cameroon, rising to a height of 13,435 feet (4,095 m) and extending 14 …
Britannica English vocabulary
AFRICAN LANGUAGESADDITIONAL READING — Istvan Fodor, The Problems in the Classification of the African Languages: Methodological and Theoretical Conclusions Concerning the Classification System of …
Britannica English vocabulary
NILO-SAHARAN LANGUAGES — Group of perhaps 115 African languages spoken by more than 27 million people from Mali to Ethiopia and from southernmost …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia

Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary

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