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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a group of languages of East Africa belonging to the Chari-Nile group;
[syn: Nilotic, Nilotic language]


ADJECTIVE (2)

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;
- Example: "Nilotic syntax"


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Nilotic \Ni*lot"ic\, a. [L. Niloticus, fr. Nilus the Nile, Gr. ?: cf. F. nilotique.] Of or pertaining to the river Nile; as, the Nilotic crocodile. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Nilotic adj 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; "Nilotic syntax" n 1: a group of languages of East Africa belonging to the Chari- Nile group [syn: Nilotic, Nilotic language]