Nilotic syntax. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
These civilizations of the old world, among which the Mesopotamian and the Nilotic were the earliest, were built on no unsound foundations. From Wordnik.com. [Myths of Babylonia and Assyria] Reference
The mass of the Egyptian people is to-day, as in Pharaoh's time, of the old "Nilotic" stock. From Wordnik.com. [The New World of Islam] Reference
BARI, a tribe of Nilotic negroes, living on the banks of the upper Nile some 200 m. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon"] Reference
Upon this feature, so characteristic of the Nilotic race, I would lay great stress. From Wordnik.com. [Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah] Reference
The western interior, however, continued to be dominated by southern Nilotic groups. From Wordnik.com. [d. East Africa] Reference
Obama is an African (presumably Dholua or other West Nilotic) word, not a Semitic one. From Wordnik.com. [Chris Matthews: Terrorist Tape Came From Obama -- Er, Osama -- Headquarters] Reference
‘Yes,’ a man replied in that deep throated Nilotic voice associated with bragging. From Wordnik.com. [In Kenya, Tribalism Starts at Thirty] Reference
Nilotic, Nilo-Hamitic, Sudanic languages, English note: program of Arabization in process. From Wordnik.com. [The 1995 CIA World Factbook] Reference
Nilotic, Nilo-Hamitic, Sudanic languages, English note: program of "Arabization" in process. From Wordnik.com. [The 2004 CIA World Factbook] Reference
To hate a Nilotic of Eritrea would then be racist, and to hate all Eritreans is xenophobia. From Wordnik.com. [Laissez-Fairing: Rules vs. Aerodynamics] Reference
The present populations go back to Nilotic and Bantu migrations as well as the indigenous pygmies. From Wordnik.com. [Okapi Faunal Reserve, Democratic Republic of Congo] Reference
The most important of these was the Bito kingdom of Bunyoro, whose ruling dynasty was of Nilotic origin. From Wordnik.com. [2. Interlacustrine East Africa] Reference
After all, they have custody of the Pharaoh's treasure labyrinths, of Nilotic income, and of the Egyptian people. From Wordnik.com. [Fortune's Favorites]
The plant was probably introduced from northern Africa to northern Kenya by migrating Nilotic or Cushitic communities. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 7] Reference
The drier plains and highlands were dominated by cattle-raising and grain-growing Nilotic and southern Cushitic groups. From Wordnik.com. [d. East Africa] Reference
I was kissed with cancerous kisses by crocodiles, and laid, confounded with all unutterable slimy things, among reeds and Nilotic mud. From Wordnik.com. [The Opium Habit] Reference
American, Andean; DINKA: Nilo-Saharan, Eastern Sudanic, Nilotic, Dinka-Nuer; as he says, "That's an areal feature if I've ever seen one.". From Wordnik.com. [languagehat.com: NO FRICATIVES IN AUSTRALIA.] Reference
"Well, he's Nilotic, same as the Tutsis" Jacob said. From Wordnik.com. [TravelPod.com Recent Updates] Reference
The Shilluk and the Nuer are among the Nilotic tribes. From Wordnik.com. Reference
The appearance here is Nilotic, but others look Bantu. From Wordnik.com. [Robert Lindsay] Reference
Residents of the north, largely Nilotic, include the Langi. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Or did you while the earthen skiffs dropped down the grey Nilotic flats. From Wordnik.com. [Ballad of Reading Gaol] Reference
It is possible enough that both the Nilotic and the Minoan civilization sprang from. From Wordnik.com. [The Sea-Kings of Crete] Reference
The Neptunian paintings are Nilotic in nature and do not leave much to the imagination. From Wordnik.com. [Al-Ahram Weekly Online] Reference
Thebes, threatened to extend his authority once more over the whole of the Nilotic valley. From Wordnik.com. [The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 2. (of 7): Assyria The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations.] Reference
Rome herself had received with rapture the strange rites of Nilotic and of Syrian superstition. From Wordnik.com. [Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Complete Series I, II, and III] Reference
Her ships could issue from the Nilotic ports and trade with Phœnicia, or Carthage, or Italy, or. From Wordnik.com. [Ancient Egypt] Reference
Languages: English (official); Luganda and Swahili widely used; other Bantu and Nilotic languages. From Wordnik.com. Reference
There are two large tribal groups in eastern Africa: the Nilotic family comes from the Nile area like Sudan. From Wordnik.com. [TravelPod.com Recent Updates] Reference
Africans of three main ethnic groups -- Bantu, Nilotic, and Nilo-Hamitic -- constitute most of the population. From Wordnik.com. Reference
"But would you place the Nilotic family in the Ethiopian race?" inquired the Syrian in a voice commanding from its deep sweetness. From Wordnik.com. [Lothair] Reference
Scattered to the winds before the British bayonet charges, the seeds of unrest slowly germinated beneath the fertile Nilotic soil. From Wordnik.com. [The New World of Islam] Reference
Some of the rivers in Manyuema, as the Luia and Machila, are of inky blackness, and make the whole main stream of a very Nilotic hue. From Wordnik.com. [The Last Journals of David Livingstone from 1865 to His Death]
Above the Nilotic masses stands a relatively small upper class descended chiefly from Egypt's more recent Asiatic conquerors -- Arabs. From Wordnik.com. [The New World of Islam] Reference
I was kissed, with cancerous kisses, by crocodiles; and laid, confounded with all unutterable slimy things, amongst reeds and Nilotic mud. From Wordnik.com. [Confessions of an English Opium-Eater] Reference
Groups of Nilotic or related origin include the nomadic Masai and the Luo, both of which are found in greater numbers in neighboring Kenya. From Wordnik.com. Reference
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