NILOTIC

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 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)

Sense 1

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)

Derivation:

Nilotic (of or relating to or constituting the Nilotic group of languages)

• NILOTIC (adjective)

Sense 1

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)

Derivation:

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)

Sense 2

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)

Derivation:

Nilotic (a group of languages of East Africa belonging to the Chari-Nile group)