Nubian Desert

American  

noun

1. an arid region in the NE Sudan.

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Nubian Desert British  

noun

1. a desert in the NE Sudan, between the Nile valley and the Red Sea: mainly a sandstone plateau

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Example Sentences

For a decade, the Louvre sponsored archaeological excavations in the Nubian Desert of Sudan, and the mission resumes in 2022 at El-Hassa, not far from the pyramids of Meroë.

From Washington Post • Jul. 1, 2022

It blew up over the Nubian Desert, in Sudan, and no one was injured.

From Economist • Jun. 27, 2013

So Jenniskens traveled to the Nubian Desert to recover fragments, as did dozens of searchers from the University of Khartoum.

From Scientific American • Dec. 20, 2012

We were intent on exploring the remote — and safe — northern region of the Nubian Desert, clustered with more pyramids than Egypt and nearly unvisited by outsiders.

From New York Times • Oct. 5, 2012

I was struck by its great resemblance to the Nubian Desert, south of Shigre.

From Travels in Arabia; comprehending an account of those territories in Hedjaz which the Mohammedans regard as sacred by Burckhardt, John Lewis