a region in southern Egypt and the Sudan, north of Khartoum, extending from the Nile to the Red Sea.
Kingdom of Nubia, an ancient state in Nubia, 2000 b.c.–a.d. 1400.
Lake Nubia. Lake Nassar.
1855–60; < Latin nūb ( ēs ) a cloud + -ia
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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But from under the wide, battered felt that had supplanted the nubia, his eyes shone with no resentment, only fatherly tenderness.
From The Plow-Woman by Gates, Eleanor
Symes shoved up the shade to see the lovely Pearline Starr, with her head tied in a nubia, fighting her way through his front gate.
From The Lady Doc by Lockhart, Caroline
In a low chair before the open window sat the widow knitting a blue and white nubia.
From Macaria by Evans, Augusta J. (Augusta Jane)
She was busy counting the stitches in a nubia she was knitting for old Aunt Pashy, Roebuck.
From Back Home by Wood, Eugene
Lacking wilder excitement Madame sat by a lamp knitting a nubia.
From Kincaid's Battery by Kimball, Alonzo
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