NILOTIC


Meaning of NILOTIC in English

/nuy lot"ik/ , adj.

1. of or pertaining to the Nile River or the inhabitants of the Nile region.

2. of or pertaining to the Nilotic group of languages.

n.

3. a group of languages belonging to the Eastern Sudanic branch of Nilo-Saharan, and including Dinka, Luo, Masai, and Nandi.

[ 1645-55; Niloticus of the Nile Neilotikós. See NILE, -OTIC ]

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