Nilotic

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UK/naɪˈlɒtɪk/US/naɪˈlɑtɪk/US[naɪˈlɑɾɪk]

adjective

Of or pertaining to the Nile or the people who live on its banks.

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NileanNilotic language
OriginLatin Nīlōticus ← Ancient Greek Νειλώτης →
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Meanings

adjectiveNilotic (comparative more Nilotic, superlative most Nilotic)

comparative more Nilotic · superlative most Nilotic

  1. Of or pertaining to the Nile or the people who live on its banks.

    Synonyms: Nilean

  2. Of or pertaining to the Nilotic languages or the people who speak them.
proper noun
  1. A group of languages spoken in parts of South Sudan, Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveOf or pertaining to the Nile or the people who live on its banks.

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Nilean

More synonyms by meaning

nouna group of languages of East Africa belonging to the Chari-Nile group

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Nilotic language
Broader
Chari-Nile

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Ancient GreekΝειλώτης“on the Nile”
  2. LatinNīlōticus
  3. EnglishNilotic

From Latin Nīlōticus, from Ancient Greek Νειλώτης (Neilṓtēs, “on the Nile”). Analyzable as Nile + -otic.

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Translations

Bulgarian нилски
  • нилски (nilski)pertaining to the Nile
Catalan nilòtic
  • nilòticpertaining to the Nile
French nilotique
  • nilotiquepertaining to the Nile
German nilotisch, nilisch
  • nilotischpertaining to the Nile
  • nilischpertaining to the Nile
Hungarian nílusi
  • nílusipertaining to the Nile
Italian nilotico, niliaco
  • niloticopertaining to the Nile
  • niliacopertaining to the Nile
Latin Niloticus
  • Niloticuspertaining to the Nile
Polish nilowy
  • nilowypertaining to the Nile

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with Nilotic

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Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

Nilotic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Nilotic

MLA

“Nilotic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Nilotic. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Nilotic,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Nilotic.

Source: Nilotic on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.