NILOTIC
Dictionary entry overview: What does Nilotic mean?
• NILOTIC (noun)
The noun NILOTIC has 1 sense:
1. a group of languages of East Africa belonging to the Chari-Nile group
Familiarity information: NILOTIC used as a noun is very rare.
• NILOTIC (adjective)
The adjective NILOTIC has 2 senses:
1. of or relating to the Nile River or the people living near it
2. of or relating to or constituting the Nilotic group of languages
Familiarity information: NILOTIC used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• NILOTIC (noun)
Meaning:
A group of languages of East Africa belonging to the Chari-Nile group
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
Nilotic; Nilotic language
Hypernyms ("Nilotic" is a kind of...):
Chari-Nile (a group of Nilo-Saharan language spoken in parts of the Sudan and Zaire and Uganda and Tanzania)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Nilotic"):
Dinka; Luo; Masai (a Nilotic language)
• NILOTIC (adjective)
Meaning:
Of or relating to the Nile River or the people living near it
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
Nile (the world's longest river (4150 miles); flows northward through eastern Africa into the Mediterranean; the Nile River valley in Egypt was the site of the world's first great civilization)
Meaning:
Of or relating to or constituting the Nilotic group of languages
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Context example:
Nilotic syntax
Pertainym:
Nilotic (a group of languages of East Africa belonging to the Chari-Nile group)
