of, relating to, or belonging to a tall pastoral people inhabiting South Sudan, parts of Kenya and Uganda, and neighbouring countries
3.
relating to or belonging to the group of languages spoken by the Nilotic peoples
noun
4.
a group of languages of E Africa, including Luo, Dinka, and Masai, now generally regarded as belonging to the Chari-Nile branch of the Nilo-Saharan family
Word origin
C17: via Latin from Greek Neilōtikos, from Neilos the Nile
Nilotic in American English
(naɪˈlɑtɪk)
adjective
1.
of the Nile or the Nile Valley
2.
of the peoples living in the valley of the White Nile, including the Dinkas
noun
3.
a group of Chari-Nile languages spoken in the upper Nile Valley