Dinka

[ ding-kuh ]

noun

, plural Din·kas, (especially collectively) Din·ka.

1. a member of a tall, pastoral people of Sudan.
2. the language of the Dinka, a Nilotic language closely related to Shilluk.

Dinka

/ ˈdɪŋkə /

noun

1. -kas-ka a member of a Nilotic people of South Sudan, noted for their height, which often reaches seven feet tall: chiefly herdsmen
2. the language of this people, belonging to the Nilotic group of the Nilo-Saharan family

Word History and Origins

Origin of Dinka¹

from Dinka jieng people

Example Sentences

The perpetrators of political turmoil in Juba are not Dinka or Nuer, nor any other ethnic people who make up South Sudan.

From The Daily Beast

Other reports of Dinka being dumped in a mass grave in the rebel-controlled oil town of Bentiu have further inflamed tensions.

From The Daily Beast

Though he could read it in his native Dinka, he wanted to read it in the language in which it was written.

From The Daily Beast

Over 80,000 ethnic Ngok Dinka have been displaced from their homes in Abyei and driven South as refugees.

From The Daily Beast

The local native Ngok Dinka tribe clearly identifies with the people of the South.

From The Daily Beast

According to the custom, which seems to belong to all Africa, as a sign of grief the Dinka wear a cord round the neck.

From Project Gutenberg

The Khalifa has also his special barber, who is a slave; and his master of the horse, who is an immensely tall Dinka.

From Project Gutenberg

They have as neighbours the Dinka to the north, the Madi to the south, and the Galla to the east.

From Project Gutenberg

Elisee Reclus assures us that the Dinka man on the Nile calls to certain snakes by name and shares with them the milk of his cows.

From Project Gutenberg

Of a reddish black colour, fairer than the Dinka, they are well proportioned, with the hair short.

From Project Gutenberg