nubia

noun1

1. •
   A light, knitted headscarf worn by women.

noun2

1. •
   The region of the upper Nile valley between its main cataracts, now part of southern Egypt and northern Sudan.
2. •
   A former polity ruling that region, particularly Makuria.

   • 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. — 1978