Nubia en · PROPN
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Etymology
The origin of this word is contested. At root it is 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.
Meanings
- The region of the upper Nile valley between its main cataracts, now part of southern Egypt and northern Sudan.
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(broadly) 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, Friedrich W. Hinkel, Exodus from Nubia, Akademie Verlag, page 27: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.
1819, John Lewis Burckhardt, Travels in Nubia, Association for Promoting the Discovery of the Interior Parts of Africa, page 144:Nubia is part of this landscape, created, formed and sustained by the Nile in complex interplays of geology and river hydrology.
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:
Hyponyms
Nobadia · Alodia · Dotawo · Upper Nubia · Arwa · Makuria · Kush · Lower Nubia · Alwa · Meroe
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