Nubia

n. region in northeastern Africa; ancient kingdom in northeastern Africa; lake in southeastern Egypt

This article is about the region in Africa, for other uses see Nubia (disambiguation). Nubia (not to be confused with Nuba, a collective term used for the peoples who inhabit the Nuba Mountains, in Kordofan province, Sudan, Africa) is the region in the south of Egypt, along the Nile and in northern Sudan. Most of Nubia is situated in Sudan with about a quarter of its territory in Egypt. In ancient times it was an independent kingdom.
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Noun
1. an ancient region of northeastern Africa (southern Egypt and northern Sudan) on the Nile; much of Nubia is now under Lake Nasser
(hypernym) geographical area, geographic area, geographical region, geographic region
(part-holonym) Africa
(member-meronym) Nubian

n. Nubia, region in northeastern Africa; ancient kingdom in northeastern Africa; lake in southeastern Egypt

n. Nubia, region in northeastern Africa; ancient kingdom in northeastern Africa; lake in southeastern Egypt