Shilluk

[ shi-look ]

noun

, plural Shil·luks, (especially collectively) Shil·luk

1. a member of a Nilotic people of Sudan.
2. the Nilotic language of the Shilluk.

adjective

1. of or relating to the Shilluk or their language.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Shilluk¹

First recorded in 1785–95; via Arabic from Shilluk, a self-designation

Example Sentences

Even more striking are cases furnished by Shilluk, one of the languages of the headwaters of the Nile.

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The fine quality, such as Shilluk dhurra, takes six months to come to maturity.

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Like their neighbours the Bari and Shilluk tribes, they despise clothing, though the important chiefs have adopted Arab attire.

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Incidentally it may be stated that the Shilluk country is exceedingly fertile.

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Like the rest of the Soudan, the Shilluk country, in which Fashoda is situated, had suffered terribly and been sadly depopulated.

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