Definitions of Nubian [ˈnu bi ən, ˈnyu-]

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Definition of 'Nubian'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) Nubian
a member of any of a group of African peoples of Nubia.

2. Nubian
a family of Nilo-Saharan languages spoken in the Nile River valley and parts of the Sudan, esp. Darfur province and the Nuba Hills of S Kordofan province.

3. Nubian
a Nubian horse.

4. (adj.) Nubian
of Nubia, Nubians, or the language family Nubian.

Definition of 'Nubian'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) Nubian
a native or inhabitant of Nubia
"Nubians now form an ethnic minority in Egypt"

Definition of 'Nubian'

Webster Dictionary

1. (adj) Nubian
of or pertaining to Nubia in Eastern Africa

2. (noun) Nubian
a native of Nubia

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