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Nilotic

Meaning of "Nilotic" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD NILOTIC

Via Latin from Greek Neilotikós, from Neilos the Nile.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF NILOTIC

naɪˈlɒtɪk


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF NILOTIC

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Nilotic can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES NILOTIC MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Nilotic peoples

Nilotic peoples or Nilotes refers to related ethnic groups mainly inhabiting the Nile Valley, and parts of Central Africa and East Africa, who speak Nilotic languages, a large sub-group of the Nilo-Saharan family. These include the Kalenjin, Luo, Dinka, Nuer, Shilluk, Ateker and the Maa-speaking peoples, all of which are clusters of several ethnic groups. Nilotes form the majority of the population in South Sudan, an area that is believed to be their original point of dispersal. They also today constitute the second-largest group of peoples inhabiting the African Great Lakes region, with a notable presence in southwestern Ethiopia as well. Most Nilotes practice pastoralism. They primarily adhere to Christianity and traditional faiths, including the Dinka religion.

Definition of Nilotic in the English dictionary

The first definition of Nilotic in the dictionary is of or relating to the Nile. Other definition of Nilotic is of, relating to, or belonging to a tall Negroid pastoral people inhabiting South Sudan, parts of Kenya and Uganda, and neighbouring countries. Nilotic is also relating to or belonging to the group of languages spoken by the Nilotic peoples.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH NILOTIC

anchylotic · ankylotic · antibiotic · chaotic · diglottic · dulotic · epiglottic · epulotic · erotic · exotic · glottic · hypnotic · isoglottic · orthotic · patriotic · polyglottic · proglottic · psilotic · robotic · sansculottic

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE NILOTIC

Nikkei index · Nikkei Stock Average · Nikko · Nikolainkaupunki · Nikolayev · nil · nil desperandum · nil return · Nile · Nile blue · Nile green · nilgai · nilghau · Nilgiri Hills · Nilgiris · nill · Nilo-Saharan · Nilometer · nilpotent · Nilsson

WORDS THAT END LIKE NILOTIC

abiotic · alkalotic · antimycotic · antithrombotic · apoptotic · asymptotic · biotic · eukaryotic · fibrotic · homoerotic · idiotic · lotic · mitotic · narcotic · necrotic · neurotic · otic · probiotic · psychotic · symbiotic

Synonyms and antonyms of Nilotic in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Nilotic» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF NILOTIC

Find out the translation of Nilotic to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of Nilotic from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Nilotic» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

尼罗河
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

nilótico
570 millions of speakers
en

English

Nilotic
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

नीलोटिक
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

النيلية
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

Nilotic
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

nilótica
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

নীলনদের
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

nilotique
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Nilotic
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

nilotischen
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

ナイル
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

나일 강 유역
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Nilotic
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thuộc về sông Nil
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

இதே போல் நைல்
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

निलोयटिक
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

Sudan dillerine ait
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

Nilotic
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

nilotic
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

Nilotic
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

Nilotic
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Μπαντού
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Niloties
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Niloter
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

nilotere
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Nilotic

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «NILOTIC»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of Nilotic
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «Nilotic».

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Nilotic

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «NILOTIC»

Discover the use of Nilotic in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Nilotic and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Aegyptiaca Romana. Nilotic Scenes and the Roman Views of ...
This is the first monograph of the well-known genre of Nilotic landscapes in the Roman world providing new conclusions on the genre itself as well as discussing the role and meaning of Aegyptiaca Romana in general.
M. J. Versluys, 2002
2
A Nilotic world: the Atuot-speaking peoples of the southern ...
By focusing on a specific group of social facts, Burton develops a regional framework that includes not only the Atuot-speaking peoples but also the more numerous Nuer and Dinka populations.
John W. Burton, 1987
3
Encyclopedia of Social and Cultural Anthropology
The term 'Nilotic' is used in various senses. First, it describes the geographical region of the upper Nile basin as in The Pagan Tribes of the Nilotic Sudan, the title of the fSeligmans' (1932) comprehensive ethnography of the region. Secondly ...
Dr Alan Barnard, Jonathan Spencer, 2002
4
The Divine Kingship of the Shilluk of the Nilotic Sudan
E. E. Evans-Pritchard. THE DIVINE KINGSHIP OF THE SHILLUK OF THE NILOTIC SUDAN THE DIVINE KINGSHIP OF THE SHILLUK OF THE NILOTIC SUDAN.
E. E. Evans-Pritchard, 2014
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Studies in African Linguistic Typology
Proto-Nilotic was not necessarily a verb-initial language. But in all likelihood it did allow for clauses with post-verbal subjects, the latter being inflected for case, as well as for verb-initial sentences (as in Western Nilotic Dinka, Southern Nilotic ...
Erhard Friedrich Karl Voeltz, 2005
6
The Nile Mosaic of Palestrina: Early Evidence of Egyptian ...
125. pediment, segmental, III, n. 83. -, volute, III, n. 93. pergola, 33. pergolas in Nilotic scenes, III, n. 130, 136, 139. persea tree, 25; III, n. 48; IV, n. 18. perspective , in Eastern art, App. 20. — , in Egyptian art, App. 20, n. 13. -, in Greek art, App. 20 .
P. G. P. Meyboom, 1995
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Ancient Mosaic Pavements: Themes, Issues, and Trends : ...
Alföldi-Rosenbaum and Ward-Perkins (1980: 48-49) suggest that the mosaic pavements found in Israel and those from Gerasa depicting Nilotic scenes are perceived as geographical renditions of the Nile valley and Egyptian towns, while the ...
Rāḥēl Ḥaḵlîlî, 2009
8
The Natural History of Pompeii
part of a Nilotic scene on a wall painting formerly in Herculaneum (NM inv. no. 8561; Ward-Perkins and Claridge 1976: no. 133). Another hippopotamus, less realistic. is in the act of swallowing an attacking pygmy in a Nilotic painting in the  ...
Wilhelmina Feemster Jashemski, Frederick G. Meyer, 2002
9
Nile Into Tiber: Egypt in the Roman World : Proceedings of ...
In the Roman world dwarfs appeared as servants and also as dancers and performers of parodies for entertainment.30 The most numerous and striking evidence for dwarfs from the Roman world which remains to date, are the Nilotic scenes in ...
Laurent Bricault, Miguel John Versluys, Paul G. P. Meyboom, 2007
10
The Grammar of Inalienability: A Typological Perspective on ...
The Western Nilotic languages include Lango, Acholi and Nuer (spoken mainly in Uganda) and Dholuo (spoken in Kenya). These languages are classified by Greenberg (1963) as members of one of the three branches of Nilo-Saharan, the  ...
Hilary Chappell, William McGregory, 1996

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «NILOTIC»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Nilotic is used in the context of the following news items.
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Model Nykhor Paul Tired of 'Apologizing for My Blackness'
Paul, who won the models.com Humanitarian Award this spring for her foundation We Are Nilotic, (which works to bring awareness to the crisis ... «Eurweb.com, Jul 15»
2
Modelo denuncia racismo en la industria de la moda
... modelo, quien el año pasado ganó el premio humanitario de models.com como reconocimiento a su trabajo en su fundación We Are Nilotic . «Terra España, Jul 15»
3
Maasi Warriors to visit Tiverton
Share article. The Maasai are a Nilotic ethnic group of semi-nomadic people inhabiting southern Kenya and northern Tanzania. They are among the best known ... «This is The West Country, Jul 15»
4
Model Nykhor Paul Slams Makeup Artists for Being Unprepared to …
Paul is known to be outspoken for causes that she cares deeply about, like her foundation, We Are Nilotic, which promotes peace to tribes in ... «PEOPLE StyleWatch, Jul 15»
5
Against tyranny and ISIS, call on Elvis
It has been one year since Sisi became the more or less elected president of Egypt (in the modern Nilotic tradition of elections in which most of ... «The Daily Star, Jul 15»
6
Facebook In Africa: Social Media Network Faces Challenges …
The Maasai are a Nilotic ethnic group of semi-nomadic people inhabiting southern Kenya and northern Tanzania. SIMON MAINA/AFP/Getty ... «International Business Times, Jul 15»
7
Fayyis Oromia:- The Triangular Struggle for Freedom in Oromia
At last, Minilik and Gobanaa together succeeded in invading the Oromo and other Cushitic and Nilotic nations of the southern region. When we ... «Gadaa.com Oduu - News, Jun 15»
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'Obama offered 50 cows, 70 sheep, and 30 goats for his daughter's …
The Kalenjin are "a Nilotic ethnic group inhabiting the Rift Valley Province in Kenya," according to Wikipedia. "They are estimated to number a ... «Jerusalem Post Israel News, May 15»
9
Taller People Earn More Money
Drop This Fact: The tallest race of humans is the Nilotic peoples of Sudan such as the Dinka, with the males in some communities having ... «AskMen, May 15»
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Christopher Patten (Lord Patten of Barnes): 2015 Commencement …
The pastor then asked me if they could sing the Lord's Prayer to me in their national language, a Nilotic dialect called Dinka. And then — with ... «ND Newswire, May 15»
REFERENCE
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