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Look up: Nubia

  1. Nubia
    Region of the Nile valley linking Egypt and Sudan, much of it flooded to create the Aswan Dam and Lake Nasser. As Nubians have moved into major cities, their music has developed into urban styles and has influenced Cairo's al-jeel sound.
    Found on http://www.bbc.co.uk/africabeyond/africa

  2. Nubia
    [n] - an ancient region of northeastern Africa (southern Egypt and northern Sudan) on the Nile
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  3. Nubia
    Former African country now divided between Egypt and Sudan; it gives its name to the Nubian Desert south of Lake Nasser. Ancient Egypt, which was briefly ruled by Nubian kings in the 8th-7th...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20688

  4. Nubia
    Nu'bi·a noun [ From Latin nubes cloud.] A light fabric of wool, worn on the head by women; a cloud.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/N/38

  5. Nubia
    noun an ancient region of northeastern Africa (southern Egypt and northern Sudan) on the Nile; much of Nubia is now under Lake Nasser
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  6. Nubia
    • (n.) A light fabric of wool, worn on the head by women; a cloud. • (n.) A light fabric of wool, worn on the head by women; a cloud.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  7. Nubia
    ancient region in northeastern Africa, extending approximately from the Nile River valley (near the first cataract in Upper Egypt) eastward to the ... [11 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/n/61

  8. Nubia
    Nubia is a Egyptian girl name. The meaning of the name is `From Nubia ` The name Nubia doesn`t appear In the US top 1000 most common names over de last 128 years. The name Nubia seems to be unique!
    Found on http://i-am-pregnant.com/names/girls/Nub

  9. nubia
    nubia 1. A woman's light scarf worn over the head and neck. 2. A light, knitted fabric of wool, worn on the head by women. 3. A cloud. 4. When capitalized, Nubia refers to a desert region and ancient kingdom in the Nile River valley of southern Egypt and northern Sudan. After the 20th century B....
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf

  10. Nubia
    Nubia (nOO'bēu) , ancient state of NE Africa. At the height of its political power Nubia extended, from north to south, from the First Cataract of the Nile (near Aswan, Egypt) to Khartoum, in Sudan. It early came under the influence of the pharaohs, and in the 20th cent. B.C. Seti I comple...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0

  11. Nubia
    Land just south of Egypt between first and second cataracts. O
    Found on http://www.mythome.org/glossaryegypt.htm

  12. Nubia
    a country to the south of Egypt, approximately in the modern country of Sudan. Egypt tried, not always successfully, to control it because it was an important source of gold. The word 'nub' means gold in ancient Egyptian.
    Found on http://www.egyptweb.norfolk.gov.uk/egglo

  13. Nubia
    (comics) `Nubia` is a fictional character, a comic book superheroine published by DC Comics. The original Nubia was created by Robert Kanigher and Don Heck, she debuted in Wonder Woman (vol. 1) #204, (January 1973). The modern character named Nu`Bia was created by Doselle Young and Bri...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nubia

  14. Nubia
    :This article is about the region in Africa, for other uses see Nubia (disambiguation). `Nubia` is a region along the Nile, in northern Sudan and southern Egypt. There were a number of small Nubian kingdoms throughout the Middle Ages, the last of which collapsed in 1504, when Nubia became div...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nubia



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