nilotic

1. 1.

   of or relating to the Nile River or the people living near it
2. 2.

   of or relating to or constituting the Nilotic group of languages

   “Nilotic syntax”

1. 1.

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

   SynonymsNilotic language

   BroaderChari-Nile

   NarrowerDinkaLuoMasai

Other forms of nilotic

plural

nilotics·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about nilotic

What does nilotic mean?

nilotic means "of or relating to the Nile River or the people living near it". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in nilotic?

nilotic has 3 syllables: ni-lo-tic. The stress falls on "lo".

What is another word for nilotic?

Close synonyms include Nilotic language. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is nilotic a common word?

nilotic is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.