1.
[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]