"Acholi" meaning in English

See Acholi in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /əˈtʃoʊ.li/ [General-American]
Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Acholi
  1. A Nilo-Saharan language spoken primarily by this people, in the districts of Gulu, Kitgum and Pader, a region known as Acholiland in northern Uganda. Categories (topical): Ethnonyms, Languages Related terms: About the Acholi people, Wiktionary’s coverage of Acholi terms
    Sense id: en-Acholi-en-name-UK3tEq5A Disambiguation of Ethnonyms: 57 43 Disambiguation of Languages: 93 7
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Acoli, Acooli, Akoli, Atscholi, Shuli

Noun

IPA: /əˈtʃoʊ.li/ [General-American] Forms: Acholis [plural], Acholi [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|s|Acholi}} Acholi (plural Acholis or Acholi)
  1. (often in the plural) A member of people in northern Uganda and southern Sudan. Tags: in-plural, often
    Sense id: en-Acholi-en-noun-qoojwtFB
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Acoli, Acooli, Akoli, Atscholi, Shuli

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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