NUBIAN

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• NUBIAN (noun)
  The noun NUBIAN has 1 sense:

1. a native or inhabitant of Nubia

  Familiarity information: NUBIAN used as a noun is very rare.

• NUBIAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A native or inhabitant of Nubia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Context example:

Nubians now form an ethnic minority in Egypt

Hypernyms ("Nubian" is a kind of...):

ethnic group; ethnos (people of the same race or nationality who share a distinctive culture)

Egyptian (a native or inhabitant of Egypt)

Holonyms ("Nubian" is a member of...):

Nubia (an ancient region of northeastern Africa (southern Egypt and northern Sudan) on the Nile; much of Nubia is now under Lake Nasser)