Standard Lemma guide
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adj
Of or pertaining to the Nile or the people who live on its banks.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adj
Of or pertaining to the Nilotic languages or the people who speak them.
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name
A group of languages spoken in parts of South Sudan, Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania.
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adjective
of or relating to or constituting the Nilotic group of languages
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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adjective
of or relating to the Nile River or the people living near it
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noun
a group of languages of East Africa belonging to the Chari-Nile group
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Nilotic language
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Broader terms: Chari-Nile
Narrower terms: Dinka, Luo, Masai
History
From Latin Nīlōticus, from Ancient Greek Νειλώτης (Neilṓtēs, “on the Nile”). Analyzable as Nile + -otic.
Across languages
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