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Nilean.

Nilotic; from, residing or located by, or pertaining to the river Nile.

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adj/naɪ̯lən/
  1. Nilotic; from, residing or located by, or pertaining to the river Nile.

    dated · not-comparable · possibly · rare
Where this word comes from

From Nile + -an.

noun/naɪ̯lən/
  1. An alternative term for South Sudanese people coined by Gordon Muortat Mayen in 1969.

    dated · possibly · rare
Where this word comes from

From Nile + -an.

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