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Nubian

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Nu·bi·an  (nb-n, ny-)
adj.
Of or relating to Nubia or its peoples, languages, or cultures.
n.
1. A native or inhabitant of Nubia.
2. Any of a group of closely related Nilo-Saharan languages spoken in the Sudan. Also called Nuba.
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Noun1.NubianNubian - a native or inhabitant of Nubia; "Nubians now form an ethnic minority in Egypt"
ethnic group, ethnos - people of the same race or nationality who share a distinctive culture
Nubia - an ancient region of northeastern Africa (southern Egypt and northern Sudan) on the Nile; much of Nubia is now under Lake Nasser
Egyptian - a native or inhabitant of Egypt


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It was an Abyssinian or Nubian production of a bizarre shape; the clumsiest thing imaginable, partaking of a sickle and a chopper with a sharp edge and a pointed end.
The Arrow of Gold by Conrad, Joseph View in context
"The custom of making houses and tombs in the living rock," says Heeren in his Researches on the Ethiopians, "determined very naturally the principal character of the Nubian Egyptian architecture to the colossal form which it assumed.
Essays, First Series by Emerson, Ralph Waldo View in context
He claps his hands and Mesrour the Nubian appears, with bare arms, bangles, yataghans, and every Eastern ornament-- gaunt, tall, and hideous.
Vanity Fair by Thackeray, William Makepeace View in context
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