Nilotic \Ni*lot"ic\, a. [L. Niloticus, fr. Nilus th Nile, Gr. ?: cf. F. nilotique.] Of or pertaining to the river Nile; as, the Nilotic crocodile.
Nilotic adj 1: of or relating to the Nile River or the people living near it 2: of or relating to or constituting the Nilotic group of languages; "Nilotic syntax" Nilotic n : a group of languages of East Africa belonging to the Chari-Nile group [syn: {Nilotic language}]