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nubia
1[ noo-bee-uh, nyoo- ]
noun
- a light, knitted woolen head scarf for women.
Nubia
2[ noo-bee-uh, nyoo- ]
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
/ ˈːɪə /
noun
- an ancient region of NE Africa, on the Nile, extending from Aswan to Khartoum
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Origin of nubia2
First recorded in 1650–60; from Medieval Latin Nuba, Nubia, from Latin Nuba (singular), Nubae (plural), ܲī (from Greek û, dzܲîǾ, 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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Example Sentences
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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