Acholi
US/əˈtʃoʊ.li/
Acholi noun: a member of people in northern Uganda and southern Sudan.
Noun
Acholi (plural Acholis or Acholi)
- A member of people in northern Uganda and southern Sudan.
- To him every Acholi was a rebel, …. Every time we captured an Acholi, we had to kill them, and Drago hated this.2004 C. Keitesi ["a former CI soldier who served with the NRM/A in northern Uganda"], in her autobiography, quoted in 2013, Opiyo Oloya, Child to Soldier: Stories from Joseph Kony's Lord's Resistance...
- The Acholis had barely given up hunting over a generation and now were growing the main cashcrops which were [...]. When further asked what would be the bride price for an Acholi, he blandly stated it as 100 shillings; ...2012, Ramkrishna Mukherjee, The Measure of Time in the Appraisal of Social Reality, Primus Books, →ISBN, page 10
Proper noun
Acholi
- A Nilo-Saharan language spoken primarily by this people, in the districts of Gulu, Kitgum and Pader, a region known as Acholiland in northern Uganda.
Forms of Acholi
| plural | Acholis |
|---|---|
| plural | Acholi |
| alternative form | Acoli |
| alternative form | Acooli |
| alternative form | Akoli |
| alternative form | Atscholi |
| alternative form | Shuli |
Questions about Acholi
- What does Acholi mean?
- Acholi means a member of people in northern Uganda and southern Sudan.
- What part of speech is Acholi?
- Acholi can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Acholi?
- Acholi is pronounced /əˈtʃoʊ.li/ (US).
- What is the plural of Acholi?
- The plural of Acholi is Acholis.
Words near Acholi in the dictionary
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