NUER  , a Nilotic See also:

• NEGRO (from Lat. eager, black)

negro See also:

• PEOPLE

people of the upper See also:

• NILE
• NILE, BATTLE OF THE
• NILE, SOBAT

Nile, dwelling in the swampy plains See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south of See also:

• FASHODA (renamed, 1904, K000K)

Fashoda and at the See also:

• BAHR

Bahr-el-Ghazal confluence, and having for neighbours the See also:

• DINKA (called by the Arabs Jange)

Dinka, whom they resemble . They are See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long-legged and See also:

• FLAT (a modification of O. Eng. flet, an obsolete word of Teutonic origin, meaning the ground beneath the feet)

flat-footed, and live, like the aquatic birds, on See also:

• FISH (O. Eng. fist, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dutch visch, Ger. Fisch, Goth. fisks, cognate with the Lat. piscis)
• FISH, HAMILTON (1808-1893)

fish, roots and See also:

• RIVER

river See also:

• PLANTS

plants . They See also:

• TATTOO

tattoo tribal marks on the forehead, and the See also:

• WOMEN

women See also:

• PIERCE, FRANKLIN (1804—1869)

pierce the upper lips . A few Nuer families live on the floating islets of grass and reeds brought down by the river in See also:

• FLOOD (in O. Eng. flod, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Flut, Dutch vloed, from the same root as is seen in " flow," " float ")
• FLOOD, HENRY (1732-1791)

flood .