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nill | nilo-saharan | nilo-saharan language | nilometer | niloscope | nilotic | nilotic language | nilpotent | nilsson | nilt | nim

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nilotic

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Adjective, Noun

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Ni=lot=ic

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun nilotic has 1 sense

nilotic(n = noun.communication) nilotic language - a group of languages of East Africa belonging to the Chari-Nile group; Array

is a kind of chari-nile

has particulars: dinka, luo, masai

Derived form adjective nilotic₂

Adjective nilotic has 2 senses

nilotic(a = adj.pert) Array - of or relating to the Nile River or the people living near it; Array

Derived form noun

nilotic(a = adj.pert) Array - of or relating to or constituting the Nilotic group of languages; "Nilotic syntax"

Derived form noun

CIDE DICTIONARY

nilotic, a. [L. Niloticus, fr. Nilus the Nile, Gr. : cf. F. nilotique.].

Of or pertaining to the river Nile; as, the Nilotic crocodile. [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

nilotic, adj.
1 of or relating to the Nile or the Nile region of Africa.
2 of or relating to a group of E. African Negroid peoples, or the languages spoken by them.

Etymology

L Niloticus f. Gk Neilotikos f. Neilos Nile

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