Nilotic
Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Nilotic \Ni*lot"ic\, a. [L. Niloticus, fr. Nilus the Nile, Gr.
?: cf. F. nilotique.]
Of or pertaining to the river Nile; as, the Nilotic
crocodile.
[1913 Webster]
Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
Nilotic
adj 1: of or relating to the Nile River or the people living near
it
2: of or relating to or constituting the Nilotic group of
languages; "Nilotic syntax"
n : a group of languages of East Africa belonging to the
Chari-Nile group [syn: Nilotic language]
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