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Nilot|ˈnaɪlɒt|
Also Nilote.
[f. Nile + -ot2, or ad. Gr. νειλώτης.]
A native inhabitant of the banks of the Upper Nile.
1893F. Adams New Egypt viii. 105 The Nilot is very different from the Cairene and the Alexandrian..; there is even a perceptible difference between the Delta man and the true Nilot of the upper river. 1896Hogarth in Eng. Hist. Rev. Jan. 8 The kings..oppressed the Nilots with these haughty janissaries. 1932C. G. & B. Z. Seligman Pagan Tribes Nilotic Sudan i. 13 The Nilotes..are essentially proud, aloof, tenacious of their old beliefs and ideas, intensely religious, and by far the most introvert of the peoples of the Sudan. 1934D. Westermann African Today ii. 24 The Masai and tribes related to them..show strong Hamitic influence but are on the other hand relatives of the Nilotes. 1966C. G. Seligman Races of Africa (ed. 4) vii. 110 The second great group of hamiticized Negroes are the Nilotes..geographically limited to the Nile Valley or its immediate neighbourhood. |