Nilean

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Nile +‎ -an

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

Nilean (not comparable)

  1. (rare, possibly dated) Nilotic; from, residing or located by, or pertaining to the river Nile.

Translations[edit]

Nilotic — see Nilotic

Noun[edit]

Nilean (plural Nileans)

  1. (rare, possibly dated) An alternative term for South Sudanese people coined by Gordon Muortat Mayen in 1969.[1]
    Nilean farms, Nilean irrigation, Nilean royalty

References[edit]

  1. ^ https://paanluelwel2011.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/declaration-of-the-nile-republic.pdf

Anagrams[edit]

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