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Nilo-Hamite

Nilo-Hamite noun: a member of a group of East African pastoralist peoples, including the Maasai, Teso, and Kalenjin, who share linguistic, traditional, and cultural affiliations between Nilotic speakers and surrounding Afroasiatic peoples.

Noun

Nilo-Hamite (plural Nilo-Hamites)

  1. (dated) A member of a group of East African pastoralist peoples, including the Maasai, Teso, and Kalenjin, who share linguistic, traditional, and cultural affiliations between Nilotic speakers and surrounding Afroasiatic peoples.

Forms of Nilo-Hamite

pluralNilo-Hamites
alternative formNiloto-Hamite

Words formed from Nilo-Hamite

Questions about Nilo-Hamite

What does Nilo-Hamite mean?
Nilo-Hamite means a member of a group of East African pastoralist peoples, including the Maasai, Teso, and Kalenjin, who share linguistic, traditional, and cultural affiliations between Nilotic speakers and surrounding Afroasiatic peoples.
What part of speech is Nilo-Hamite?
Nilo-Hamite is a noun.
What is the plural of Nilo-Hamite?
The plural of Nilo-Hamite is Nilo-Hamites.

Words near Nilo-Hamite in the dictionary

  1. Nilma
  2. Nilma North
  3. nilmanifold
  4. nilmanifolds
  5. Nilo-
  6. Nilo-Hamite
  7. Nilo-Hamites
  8. Nilo-Hamitic
  9. Nilo-Saharan
  10. Nilo-Saharanist
  11. Nilo-Saharanists

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