Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Of or relating to Nubia or its peoples, languages, or cultures.
- n. A native or inhabitant of Nubia.
- n. Any of a group of closely related Nilo-Saharan languages spoken in the Sudan. Also called Nuba.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Of or pertaining to Nubia, a region of Africa, bordering on the Red Sea, and south of Egypt proper. The name is merely geographical, Nubia never having existed as a distinct country.
- n. One of a race inhabiting Nubia, of mixed descent.
- n. In the Nile valley, a negro slave: from the large number of slaves at one time brought from Nubia.
Wiktionary
- n. An inhabitant of the ancient Nubia or a person of Nubian descent.
- adj. Pertaining to Nubia, its people or its language.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Of or pertaining to Nubia in Eastern Africa.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a native or inhabitant of Nubia
Examples
“The Nubian was the epitome of calm collectedness as he eased the Charger to the curb in front of her converted warehouse home.”
“May 1st, 2006 at 4:06 am feminist of color bloggers have responded: Feministing: Intersectionality and the politics of white feminism Good post, but the discussion was marred by a racist jerk who called Nubian a “token.””
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“Good post, but the discussion was marred by a racist jerk who called Nubian a “token.””
“Edrisi, improperly called the Nubian geographer, who dedicated his work to Roger, King of Sicily, in the middle of the twelfth century, describes the same island, in the first climate, by the name of Al-Rami; but the particulars so nearly correspond with those given by the Arabian traveller as to show that the one account was borrowed from the other.”
“What's more, researchers found evidence to suggest that a subspecies called the Nubian wild ass, presumed extinct late in the 20th century, is not only a direct ancestor of the donkey - it may still exist.”
“What's more, researchers found evidence to suggest that a subspecies called the Nubian wild ass, presumed vanished late in the 20th century, is not only a direct ancestor of the donkey - it may still exist.”
“The encore, slinking along on what Sun Ra might have called a Nubian wavelength, featured Mr. Zorn and Mr. Potter in successive solos, both sharply riveting, both exuding authority.”
“Furthermore, researchers found evidence to suggest that a subspecies called the Nubian wild ass, presumed vanished late in the 20th century, is not only a direct ancestor of the donkey-it may still exist.”
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“They are referred to as the Nubian Pyramids and have not received much mainstream attention.”
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“So after Wadi Halfa we decided to go down Northern Sudan along the Nile river, the so-called Nubian region.”
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