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单词 nilotic
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
Ni•lot•ic  (nī lot′ik),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. Language Varietiesof or pertaining to the Nile River or the inhabitants of the Nile region.
  2. Language Varietiesof or pertaining to the Nilotic group of languages.

n. 
  1. Language Varietiesa group of languages belonging to the Eastern Sudanic branch of Nilo-Saharan, and including Dinka, Luo, Masai, and Nandi.
  • Greek Neilōtikós. See Nile, -otic
  • Latin Nīlōticus of the Nile
  • 1645–55

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
Nilotic /naɪˈlɒtɪk/ adj
  1. of or relating to the Nile
  2. of, relating to, or belonging to a tall Negroid 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
Etymology: 17th Century: via Latin from Greek Neilotikós, from Neilos the Nile
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