Nilean /naɪ̯lən/adjective 1noun 1forms 1 adjective1 •(old-fashioned, rare) Nilotic; from, residing or located by, or pertaining to the river Nile. noun1 •(old-fashioned, rare) An alternative term for South Sudanese people coined by Gordon Muortat Mayen in 1969. formsNileans
