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• nubia
  nubia

  noun

  a light, knitted woolen head scarf for women.
• Nubia
  Nubia

  noun

  a region in southern Egypt and the Sudan, north of Khartoum, extending from the Nile to the Red Sea.

nubia

¹ American  

[noo-bee-uh, nyoo-] / ˈnu bi ə, ˈnju- /

noun

1. a light, knitted woolen head scarf for women.

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Nubia ² American  

[noo-bee-uh, nyoo-] / ˈnu bi ə, ˈnju- /

noun

1. a region in southern Egypt and the Sudan, north of Khartoum, extending from the Nile to the Red Sea.

2. Kingdom of Nubia, an ancient state in Nubia, 2000 b.c.–a.d. 1400.

3. Lake Nubia. Lake Nassar.

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Nubia British  

/ ˈnjuːbɪə /

noun

1. an ancient region of NE Africa, on the Nile, extending from Aswan to Khartoum

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Etymology

Origin of nubia¹

1855–60; < Latin nūb ( ēs ) a cloud + -ia

Origin of Nubia²

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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She wound a long red scarf about her neck and swathed her head in the gray nubia.

From Winning the Wilderness by J. N. Marchand

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 Eleanor Gates

Lacking wilder excitement Madame sat by a lamp knitting a nubia.

From Kincaid's Battery by Alonzo Kimball

So we’ll keep all the human beings together,” Asher said, as he helped his wife to fasten her heavy cloak and tie a long old-fashioned nubia about her head.

From Winning the Wilderness by J. N. Marchand

Young Lucretia wore also her aunt Maria's black alpaca dress, which had been somewhat decreased in size to fit her, and her aunt Lucretia's purple hood with a nubia tied over it.

From Young Lucretia and Other Stories by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman

Smartphone maker Nubia unveiled its NaviX Ultra, a phone powered by Doubao, China's massively popular AI chatbot tool run by TikTok creator ByteDance.

From Barron's ● Jul. 19, 2026

Nubia Diaz, an attorney for Mancillas, said her client “has always maintained his innocence.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 21, 2025

Nubia Delatorre, 19, said she is proud to be a member of the second female platoon in Bravo Company, but admits the men and women do not interact very much.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 8, 2023

Scholars tend to study ancient Egypt as a part of the Mediterranean world, with cultural and political links to Greece and Rome, as well as with Nubia, which roughly coincides with modern-day Sudan.

From New York Times ● Jun. 18, 2023

His earlier years seem to have been occupied in asserting his power in Syria, and his later years were devoted to Nubia.

From The Old Testament In the Light of The Historical Records and Legends of Assyria and Babylonia by Theophilus Goldridge Pinches

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