Nubia

Meaning

1. The region of the upper Nile valley now part of Sudan and far-southern Egypt.
2. (broadly) The former polity ruling that region.

Translations

Nubie

Nubien

Nubia

Núbia

Nubia

Nubië

Núbia

Nubiya

Νουβία

النوبة

Nubia

Nūba

نوبيون

نوبة

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.