NUBIA Definition & Meaning

nubia

[noo-bee-uh, nyoo-]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a light, knitted woolen head scarf for women.

Nubia

[noo-bee-uh, nyoo-]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

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.

Nubia

/ ˈ��ː��ɪə /

noun

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

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of nubia¹

1855–60; < Latin ��ū�� ( ŧ�� ) a cloud + -ia

Origin of nubia²

First recorded in 1650–60; from Medieval Latin Nuba, Nubia, from Latin Nuba (singular), Nubae (plural), ��ܲ��ī (from Greek ��û��, ��ǳܲ��î�Ǿ�, 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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My dad paid for his sister Nubia’s accounting school.

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For Nubia, her mother, it brought to light concerns of the family’s closeness.

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Nubia Reyes and Grecia Galecio had taken strawberries on consignment from a nearby broker and needed to sell them.

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Devine’s campaign focused heavily on the decision by him and his wife, Nubia, to carry a seventh child to term despite doctors warning that the child and Nubia could die.

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The child died almost immediately, but Nubia Devine survived.

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nubecula Nubian

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