English Explanatory Dictionary

Nilean

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Nilotic; from, residing or located by, or pertaining to the river Nile.
noun
  1. An alternative term for South Sudanese people coined by Gordon Muortat Mayen in 1969.

Pronunciation

/naɪ̯lən/

Word forms

Nilean Nileans

Etymology

From Nile + -an.

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