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Nilotic definition

Ni·lotic (nī lät′ik)

adjective

  1. of the Nile or the Nile Valley
  2. of the peoples living in the valley of the White Nile, including the Dinkas

Etymology: L Niloticus < Gr Neilōtikos < Neilos, the Nile

noun

a group of Chari-Nile languages spoken in the upper Nile Valley

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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