Associations to the word «Nilotic»

Wiktionary

NILOTIC, adjective. Of or pertaining to the Nile or the people who live on its banks.
NILOTIC, adjective. Of or pertaining to the Nilotic languages or the people who speak them.
NILOTIC, noun. A group of languages spoken in parts of Sudan, Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania.

Dictionary definition

NILOTIC, noun. A group of languages of East Africa belonging to the Chari-Nile group.
NILOTIC, adjective. Of or relating to the Nile River or the people living near it.
NILOTIC, adjective. Of or relating to or constituting the Nilotic group of languages; "Nilotic syntax".

Wise words

Words to me were magic. You could say a word and it could conjure up all kinds of images or feelings or a chilly sensation or whatever. It was amazing to me that words had this power.
Amy Tan