See Also: Nilotic(dictionary)

Nilotic (iou)



Nilotic adjective & noun. M17.
[Latin Niloticus from Greek Neilotikos, from Neilos NILE: see -OTIC.]
A. adjective.
Of, pertaining to, restricted to, or characteristic of the Nile or the Nile region or its inhabitants. M17.
Nilotic crocodile = NILE crocodile. Nilotic monitor = NILE monitor.
spec. Designating or pertaining to a group of Sudanic languages spoken by some E. African peoples, as the Dinka, Luo, Nuer, and Shilluk; designating or pertaining to a people or the peoples speaking a language of this group. M19.
b. noun.
= NILOT. E20.
The Nilotic group of languages. M20.