Nilotic

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(nī-lŏt'ĭk) pronunciation
adj.
  1. Of or relating to the Nile or the Nile Valley.
  2. Of or relating to the peoples who speak Nilotic languages.
n.
A large group of Nilo-Saharan languages, spoken in southern Sudan, Uganda, Kenya, and northern Tanzania and including Masai.

[Latin Nīlōticus, from Nīlōtis, from Greek Neilōtis, from Neilos, Nile.]


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Shilluk (member of a people)
Nilotes (people, Africa)
Dinka (member of a traditionally pastoral people)
Masai (member of a chiefly pastoral people)
Nilo-Saharan (language family of sub-Saharan Africa)