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Meaning of NILOTIC

Pronunciation:  nI'lâtik

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  a group of languages of East Africa belonging to the Chari-Nile group
  2. [adj]  of or relating to or constituting the Nilotic group of languages; "Nilotic syntax"
  3. [adj]  of or relating to the Nile River or the people living near it
 
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 Synonyms: Nilotic language
 
 See Also: Chari-Nile, Dinka, Luo, Masai

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Ni*lot"ic\, a. [L. Niloticus, fr. Nilus th Nile, Gr. ?:
cf. F. nilotique.]
Of or pertaining to the river Nile; as, the Nilotic
crocodile.
 

 

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