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Shilluk

Pronunciation: /ʃɪˈluːk/

Definition of Shilluk

noun (plural same or Shilluks)

  • 1a member of a Sudanese people living mainly on the west bank of the Nile.
  • 2 [mass noun] the Nilotic language of the Shilluk.

adjective

  • relating to the Shilluk or their language.

Origin:

the name in Shilluk

Shilluk in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of Shilluk in the US English dictionary
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