Sekirov Dictionary

Nubian

noun10

  1. A person from Nubia, variously intending
  2. A person from the region of Nubia in modern Egypt and Sudan or a descendant of such a person.
  3. (historical) A person from any of the former states or provinces known as Nubia or a descendant of such a person.
  4. An animal from Nubia.
  5. Short for Nubian goat or Anglo-Nubian goat.
  6. (literary) Synonym of person of color, any person with dark skin, particularly one from Africa.
  7. (no longer used, rare) A horse from the region of Nubia or a descendant of such a horse.
  8. (no longer used) A black slave, particularly one from East Africa.
  9. (no longer used) An Ethiopian Christian, particularly a Tewahedo Orthodox Christian.
  10. (no longer used, rare) A kind of black dress material.

adjective3

  1. Of or related to Nubia, its animals, or the Nubian people.
  2. Of or related to the Nubian group of the Eastern Sudanic language family.
  3. (literary) Synonym of African (“of or related to Africa or dark-skinned people of African descent”).
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