(in the Bible) the eldest son of Ham.
an area mentioned in the Bible, sometimes identified with Upper Egypt.
Kingdom of Cush, an ancient African state in the area that is now southern Egypt and the Sudan: part of the region of Nubia (1000 b.c.–a.d. 350).
the son of Ham and brother of Canaan (Genesis 10:6)
the country of the supposed descendants of Cush (ancient Ethiopia), comprising approximately Nubia and the modern Sudan, and the territory of southern (or Upper) Egypt
Origin uncertain; perhaps to be identified with cush sweetened and fried cornmeal (compare Gullah cush, cushcush, ultimately < Arabic kuskus couscous ); or a back formation from cushy
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Then I heard they’re doing this spin-off and it’s starring Christine Baranski and Rose Leslie and Cush Jumbo — pretty much everybody but me.
From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026
The English actress Cush Jumbo narrates this ambitious collaboration between Audible and Pottermore.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025
Best actor and actress nominees for plays include Lily Allen for “2:22 A Ghost Story;” Cush Jumbo for “Hamlet;” Omari Douglas for “Constellations;” and Ben Daniels for “The Normal Heart.”
From Seattle Times • Apr. 10, 2022
The pair will go up against Cush Jumbo, who is nominated for playing Hamlet, and Sheila Atim for the parallel universe romantic comedy Constellations.
From BBC • Mar. 9, 2022
The monuments of Egypt comprise both populations under the name Cush, the name of the land of the south, and they exhibit these southern nations as partly red and partly black.
From The History of Antiquity Vol. VI. (vol. VI. of VI.) by Duncker, Max
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