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1. (n.) Nubia
a region in S Egypt and N Sudan, extending from the Nile to the Red Sea.
2. Nubia
an ancient kingdom in this region.
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1. (noun) Nubia
an ancient region of northeastern Africa (southern Egypt and northern Sudan) on the Nile; much of Nubia is now under Lake Nasser
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1. (noun) nubia
a light fabric of wool, worn on the head by women; a cloud
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1. nubia
a large and ill-defined region of North-East Africa, lies between Egypt (N.) and Abyssinia (S.), and stretches from the Red Sea (E.) to the desert (W.); is divided into Lower and Upper Nubia, Dongola being the dividing point; Nubia has in recent times rather fallen under the wider designation of Egyptian Soudan; except by the banks of the Nile the country is bare and arid desert; climate is hot and dry, but quite healthy.
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