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Nilotic

adjective Ni·lot·ic \nī-ˈlä-tik\

Definition of NILOTIC

1
:  of or relating to the Nile or the peoples of the Nile basin
2
:  of, relating to, or being the languages of the Nilotic people
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Origin of NILOTIC

Latin Niloticus, from Greek Neilōtēs, from Neilos Nile
First Known Use: 1653

Rhymes with NILOTIC

aquatic, biotic, chaotic, cirrhotic, demotic, despotic, ergotic, erotic, exotic, hypnotic, kyphotic, leprotic, lordotic, meiotic, mitotic, narcotic, necrotic, neurotic, osmotic, psychotic, quixotic, robotic, sclerotic, thrombotic, zygotic

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