Nuba

British  

/ ˈnjuːbə /

noun

1. a member of a formerly warlike Nilotic people living chiefly in the hills of S central Sudan

2. the language or group of related dialects spoken by this people, belonging to the Chari-Nile branch of the Nilo-Saharan family

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Example Sentences

He took his family through the rocky spine of the Nuba Mountains and the surrounding valley, passing through both paramilitary and army checkpoints.

From Barron's

The RSF scored an important victory against the Darfur rebels, did less well in fighting an insurgency in the Nuba Mountains adjacent to South Sudan, and took a subcontract to police the border with Libya.

From BBC

Hemedti is trying to build a political coalition, including some civilian groups and armed movements, most notably his former adversaries in the Nuba Mountains.

From BBC

Excerpts from her defining works — the rigorously preplanned “Triumph of the Will” and “Olympia” and, in her 60s, photographing the Nuba in the Sudan — are appropriately contextualized to show how nothing was merely observed in Riefenstahl’s beautifying ethos.

From Los Angeles Times

Hemedti struck a deal with Abdel Aziz al-Hilu, the veteran rebel commander of the Sudan People's Liberation Army-North, which controls the Nuba Mountains near the border with South Sudan.

From BBC