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Nubia

See also: nubia and Núbia

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Contested. At root probably a geographical rather than an ethnic designation. (See   Nubians § Etymology on Wikipedia.Wikipedia )

The related term Noba was used (with some uncertainty even among the writers as to its meaning) both for a people already living in the area and for those who conquered it in the 4th century CE.

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Nubia

  1. The region of the valley of the upper Nile, now part of Sudan (Upper Nubia) and far-southern Egypt (Lower Nubia);
    (by extension, historical) the polity ruling said region.
    • 1819, John Lewis Burckhardt, Travels in Nubia, Association for Promoting the Discovery of the Interior Parts of Africa, page 144:
      Except date trees, and a few grape vines which I saw at Derr, there are no fruit-trees in Nubia.
      The climate of Nubia, though intensely hot in summer, particularly in the narrow rocky parts of the country, is very healthy, owing perhaps to the extreme aridity of the atmosphere.
    • 1978, Friedrich W. Hinkel, Exodus from Nubia, Akademie Verlag, page 27:
      Our knowledge of Nubia at the end of the 19th dynasty gradually becomes sparser. It appears that the Egyptians withdrew to the north, while the local population emigrated to the south.
    • 2019, Johannes Auenmüller, “Topography and Regional Geography of Nubia: River, Cataract and Desert Landscapes”, in Dietrich Raue, editor, Handbook of Ancient Nubia, volume 1, Walter de Gruyter, page 39:
      Nubia is part of this landscape, created, formed and sustained by the Nile in complex interplays of geology and river hydrology.

Usage notes edit

  • Before the 4th century CE, the region was called Kush. The Kingdom of Kush had long vied with Pharaonic Egypt for local dominance.
  • Writers during the Classical era were often unclear about the extent of the area they called Nubia. The Greeks regarded Nubia as part of Ethiopia, in its archaic, broad sense.
  • The Roman Empire used the term Nubia for the area of Upper Egypt and (present-day) northern Sudan.

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Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈnu.bja/
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  • Rhymes: -ubja
  • Syllabification: Nu‧bia

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Nubia f

  1. Nubia

Declension edit

Declension of Nubia
singular
nominative Nubia
genitive Nubii
dative Nubii
accusative Nubię
instrumental Nubią
locative Nubii
vocative Nubio

Further reading edit

  • Nubia in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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