/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 ]