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nilotic

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1. nilotic - Noun

2. nilotic - Adjective

Meaning

Of or pertaining to the river Nile; as, the Nilotic crocodile.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Nilotic syntax Source: Internet

Most of these captives were of Nilotic extraction, and were either purchased by the Tuareg nobles from slave markets in the Western Sudan or taken during raids. Source: Internet

In addition, languages belonging to the Nilo-Saharan language family ( Kunama and Nara ) are spoken as a mother tongue by the Kunama and Nara Nilotic ethnic minorities that live in the north and northwestern part of the country. Source: Internet

Later, Nilotic pastoralists arrived, and continued to immigrate into the area through to the 18th century. Source: Internet

The land is well watered, providing rich cultivation, but the streams and rivers that come down from the watershed divide and erode the land before flowing on to the Nilotic plain flow into in As Sudd. Source: Internet

The slave classes mainly consisted of individuals of Nilotic and Bantu origin who were collectively known by the pejorative Shanqella ("Negro"). Source: Internet

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