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Shilluk|ʃɪˈluːk|
Also † Chillouk, † Shelluh, † Shelook, Shillook.
[Native name.]
The name of a Sudanese people dwelling mainly on the west bank of the Nile: a member of this people; also the Nilotic language of this people. Also attrib. or as adj.
1790J. Bruce Travels to discover Source of Nile IV. viii. ix. 458 This race of negroes is, in their own country, called Shillook. They founded Sennaar. 1799W. G. Browne Travels in Africa, Egypt, & Syria App. ii. 453 Shillûk is a town of idolaters... The name Shillûk is not Arabic, and its meaning is unknown.—When asked concerning their name or country, the people reply Shillûk. 1832W. M. Leake in Jrnl. R. Geogr. Soc. II. 26 On the twelfth day they reached the first island of the Shillúks. 1835Jrnl. R. Geogr. Soc. V. 42 Twelve hours farther brought them to the first island of the Shelooks. 1840Penny Cycl. XVI. 232/1 The first island of the Shilluks..is not far from Aleis. 1873E. E. Frewer tr. Schweinfurth's Hrt. Africa I. 261 The jet-black Shillooks, Nueir, and Dinka, native of the dark alluvial flats, stand out in marked distinction to the dwellers upon the iron-red rocks. 1894[see Nuer]. 1913Rep. Brit. Assoc. 633 Dr. Seligmann's discoveries among the Shilluks of the Nile Valley. 1921E. Sapir Language 80 Shilluk, one of the languages of the headwaters of the Nile. 1927World Domin. Oct. 319 All travellers note the Shilluk style of hairdressing. 1927Times (Weekly ed.) 29 Dec. 30/1 Across on the east bank you will see the Shilluk. 1949[see Nuba]. 1964E. A. Nida Toward Sci. Transl. iii. 51 Shilluk uses ‘break’ only with objects such as wood. 1973Times 27 Mar. (Sudan Suppl.) p. viii/3 (caption) A Shilluk tribesman with a traditional musical instrument in the Southern Sudan. 1976D. Topolski Muzungu iv. 56 The Shilluk repeat the cutting process from quite an early age. |