Shilluk

noun

Shil·​luk shi-ˈlük 

plural Shilluk or Shilluks

1

: a member of a Nilotic people of the Sudan dwelling mainly on the west bank of the White Nile

2

: the language of the Shilluk people

Examples of Shilluk in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In South Sudan, for example, the seasonal grazing lands of the Nuer and Shilluk tribes have been turned into oil fields. — Tiernan Mennen, Foreign Affairs, 6 Dec. 2013

Word History

Etymology

probably from dialect Arabic, from Shilluk cɔlɔ, a self-designation

First Known Use

1790, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for Shilluk

• hillock
• killick
• tilak
• acidophilic
• dicarboxylic
• electrophilic
• nucleophilic
• tricarboxylic
• acrylic
• argillic
• benzylic
• cyrillic