A nomadic Arab people of the northern Kordofan and Dongola provinces of the Sudan. Also attributive.

Esp. in early use: a Nubian (cf. Nubian, n. 2). In later use: a member of any of several loosely related peoples, originally from the Nile region…

The name of a Sudanese people dwelling mainly on the west bank of the Nile: a member of this people; also the Nilotic language of this people. Also…

= Fula, n. 1.

A member of an African people of south-eastern Sudan and Ethiopia.

A people of the Sudan and northern Nigeria; (also) the language of this people, used, esp. in commerce, over much of West Africa. Also attributive…

(A member of) a people inhabiting the Upper Nile region of the Sudan. Also attributive or as adj.