Nilotic

Nilotic
/nuy lot"ik/, adj.
1. of or pertaining to the Nile River or the inhabitants of the Nile region.
2. of or pertaining to the Nilotic group of languages.
n.
3. a group of languages belonging to the Eastern Sudanic branch of Nilo-Saharan, and including Dinka, Luo, Masai, and Nandi.
[1645-55; < L Niloticus of the Nile < Gk Neilotikós. See NILE, -OTIC]

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