Nubian
Americannoun
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Nubians
plural
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a member of any of the various peoples inhabiting Nubia.
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the Nilo-Saharan language of the Nubians.
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Obsolete. a Nubian slave.
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a Nubian horse.
adjective
noun
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a native or inhabitant of Nubia, an ancient region of NE Africa
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the language spoken by the people of Nubia
adjective
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of or relating to Nubia or its inhabitants
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informal of or relating to Black culture
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Etymology
Origin of Nubian
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The National Museum alone lost almost two-thirds of its inventory, comprising nearly 100,000 artifacts that covered Sudan’s prehistoric age through its Nubian era, the Kingdom of Kush, the Christian era and its Islamic period.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
Longleat welcomed three-year-old Nubian giraffe Stanley to the park on Wednesday as part of an international effort to safeguard the critically endangered species, bosses said.
From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2026
Near her office, a towering figure of the Nubian god Apedemak stands guard next to the Blue Nile.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026
In 2019, Boston officials approved renaming the square in the historically Black neighborhood of Roxbury to Nubian Square from Dudley Square.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 24, 2023
“Calm down and think hard, my Nubian selfhood.”
From "145th Street: Short Stories" by Walter Dean Myers
Dramatic shadows fell on carved images of a heroic Ramses battling the Nubians.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 2, 2015
The goat barn, built of recycled wood, awaits six more Nubians, joined Laverne and Shirley this month.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 15, 2015
When the Nubians came north to seize power, they too adopted Egyptian culture.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2012
Relations between the ancient Egyptians and the Nubians who lived south of their territory were not the best either.
From New York Times ● May 20, 2011
She could not help thinking that she had been rather silly in her dreams about carpets and Nubians and those things.
From A Crooked Mile by Oliver [pseud.] Onions
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