Acholi

noun

Acho·​li

variants or less commonly Acoli

ə-ˈchō-lē

plural Acholi or Acholis also Acoli or Acolis

1

a

: a nomadic pastoral people of northern Uganda

b

: a member of such people

2

: a Nilotic language of the Acholi people

Word History

First Known Use

1874, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

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