Alur

noun

ˈäˌlu̇(ə)r,

äˈl-

plural Alur or Alurs

1

a

: a cattle-breeding people of the Nile basin north of Lake Albert

b

: a member of such people

called also Luri

2

: the Nilotic language of the Alur people

Word History

First Known Use

1883, in the meaning defined at sense 2

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