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单词 Acholi
释义

Acholi

/əˈtʃəʊli /
noun (plural same)
1A member of a farming and pastoral people of northern Uganda and South Sudan.One of them was the Acholi, a tribe that populates the northern Gulu region where the couple struggled for years to build their hospital....
  • The Acholi is the dominant tribe in northern Uganda.
  • The Acholi are located in the Gulu, Kitgum and Pader districts, while the Langi are in the neighboring Lango district.
2 [mass noun] The Nilotic language of the Acholi.The Western Nilotic language groups include the Langi and Acholi as well as the Alur....
  • But, Okot's topical, graphic, and exciting version, read side by side with my ponderous lines, should yield to the reader as much of what the Acholi original has as is possible.
  • Mother tongue proficiency in Acholi, Ateso, Kumam or Lango and excellent English and/or French are required.
adjective
Relating to the Acholi or their language.The Acholi tribe has sophisticated rites of forgiveness and reconciliation, a lesson to those of us in the West....
  • Some reference to the classical West African epics, to Oko p'Bitek's Acholi songs, or the long tradition of Swahili literature would have been useful.
  • The Acholi and Langi ethnic groups were particular objects of Amin's political persecution because they had supported Obote and made up a large part of the army.

Origin

The name in Acholi.

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