acholi
Not valid in Scrabble
It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.
- Scrabble points
- 11
- Words With Friends
- 12
- Letters
- 6
/əˈtʃoʊ.li/
Definition of acholi
2 senses · 2 parts of speech
noun
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(in-plural, often)A member of people in northern Uganda and southern Sudan.
“To him every Acholi was a rebel, …. Every time we captured an Acholi, we had to kill them, and Drago hated this.”
“The Acholis had barely given up hunting over a generation and now were growing the main cashcrops which were [...]. When further asked what would be the bride price for an Acholi, he blandly stated it as 100 shillings; ...”
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noun
-
(in-plural, often)A member of people in northern Uganda and southern Sudan.
“To him every Acholi was a rebel, …. Every time we captured an Acholi, we had to kill them, and Drago hated this.”
“The Acholis had barely given up hunting over a generation and now were growing the main cashcrops which were [...]. When further asked what would be the bride price for an Acholi, he blandly stated it as 100 shillings; ...”
name
- 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.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
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