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Nilotes Definition


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Nilot
Nilote
noun Nilot, Nilots, Nilote, Nilotes
    1. An inhabitant of the banks of the Upper Nile.
    2. A member of any of several peoples from E Africa and the Sudan.
    3. A Negro of the Upper Nile.
Derivative: Nilotic
    Belonging or relating to the river Nile.
    Belonging or relating to the Nilots or their languages.
Etymology: 17c as Nilotic: from Greek Neilotes, from Greek Neilos the river Nile.



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