Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Nubia"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Nubia \Nu"bi*a\, n. [From L. nubes cloud.]
A light fabric of wool, worn on the head by women; a cloud.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Nubia
n : an ancient region of northeastern Africa (southern Egypt and
northern Sudan) on the Nile; much of Nubia is now under
Lake Nasser [syn: {Nubia}]
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