Nilotic

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.]

Note: click on a word meaning below to see its connections and related words.

The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a group of languages of East Africa belonging to the Chari-Nile group
  Synonym: Nilotic language

---

The adjective Nilotic has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: of or relating to the Nile River or the people living near it
  Pertains to noun: Nile (meaning #1)

Meaning #2: of or relating to or constituting the Nilotic group of languages
  Pertains to noun: Nilotic (meaning #1)

---