nilotic Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a group of languages of East Africa belonging to the Chari-Nile group
    Nilotic language.
  2. adjective of or relating to the Nile River or the people living near it
  3. adjective of or relating to or constituting the Nilotic group of languages
    • Nilotic syntax

WordNet


Ni*lot"ic adjective
Etymology
L. Niloticus, fr. Nilus th Nile, Gr. : cf. F. nilotique.
Definitions
  1. Of or pertaining to the river Nile; as, the Nilotic crocodile.

Webster 1913