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Acholis

Acholis is the plural of Acholi.

Meaning of Acholi

Noun

Acholi (plural Acholis or Acholi)

  1. (in plural, often) 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...

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Questions about Acholis

What is Acholis the plural of?
Acholis is the plural of Acholi.

Words near Acholis in the dictionary

  1. acholeplasmas
  2. Acholi
  3. acholia
  4. acholic
  5. Acholiland
  6. Acholis
  7. acholous
  8. acholuria
  9. acholuric
  10. Achomawi
  11. Achomi

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