Nilean

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English

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Etymology

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From Nile +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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Nilean (not comparable)

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

Translations

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Noun

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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

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

Anagrams

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