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nubia

1

[ noo-bee-uh, nyoo- ]

noun

  1. a light, knitted woolen head scarf for women.


Nubia

2

[ noo-bee-uh, nyoo- ]

noun

  1. a region in southern Egypt and the Sudan, north of Khartoum, extending from the Nile to the Red Sea.
  2. Kingdom of Nubia, an ancient state in Nubia, 2000 b.c.–a.d. 1400.
  3. Lake Nubia. Lake Nassar.

Nubia

/ ˈnjuːbɪə /

noun

  1. an ancient region of NE Africa, on the Nile, extending from Aswan to Khartoum


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Word History and Origins

Origin of nubia1

1855–60; < Latin nūb ( ēs ) a cloud + -ia

Origin of nubia2

First recorded in 1650–60; from Medieval Latin Nuba, Nubia, from Latin Nuba (singular), Nubae (plural), Nubaeī (from Greek Noûbai, Noubaîoi, the name of a people in southern Egypt and northern Sudan; further origin obscure; possibly from Egyptian nwb “gold”) + -ia noun suffix

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Example Sentences

The DCF dossier chronicles in heartbreaking detail how Nubia and Victor were betrayed by not one family but two.

The furnace where the Khamsîn brewed in distant Nubia sent its warnings in advance; it was slowly travelling northward.

In Egypt and Nubia it is grown to a considerable extent, as well as by most of the native tribes of the South-west.

The description of a blast of this kind, which overtook Mr. Bruce, in the desert of Nubia, is still more terrible.

The men of Nubia are Christians, but they are black, like the Moors, on account of the great heat of the sun.

But the classic expedition by dahabiya, the ascent of the river from Cairo to Nubia, will soon have ceased to be worth making.

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