nubia

¹ American  

[noo-bee-uh, nyoo-] / ˈnu bi ə, ˈnyu- /

noun

1. a light, knitted woolen head scarf for women.

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Nubia ² American  

[noo-bee-uh, nyoo-] / ˈnu bi ə, ˈnyu- /

noun

1. a region in southern Egypt and the Sudan, north of Khartoum, extending from the Nile to the Red Sea.

2. Kingdom of Nubia, an ancient state in Nubia, 2000 b.c.–a.d. 1400.

3. Lake Nubia. Lake Nassar.

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Nubia British  

/ ˈnjuːbɪə /

noun

1. an ancient region of NE Africa, on the Nile, extending from Aswan to Khartoum

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Etymology

Origin of nubia¹

1855–60; < Latin nūb ( ēs ) a cloud + -ia

Origin of Nubia²

First recorded in 1650–60; from Medieval Latin Nuba, Nubia, from Latin Nuba (singular), Nubae (plural), Nubaeī (from Greek Noûbai, Noubaîoi, the name of a people in southern Egypt and northern Sudan; further origin obscure; possibly from Egyptian nwb “gold”) + -ia noun suffix

Example Sentences

She wound a long red scarf about her neck and swathed her head in the gray nubia.

From Winning the Wilderness by Marchand, J. N.

Young Lucretia wore also her aunt Maria's black alpaca dress, which had been somewhat decreased in size to fit her, and her aunt Lucretia's purple hood with a nubia tied over it.

From Young Lucretia and Other Stories by Freeman, Mary Eleanor Wilkins

I didn't think you cared about my not going out, Gerald, except on account of my taking cold; and with my shawl and nubia I don't think there was the least danger of that.

From A Romance of the Republic by Child, Lydia Maria Francis

Her mother stood with her back turned toward the raw April wind as they talked, her old nubia tied loosely about her head and neck, and her hands red with the cold.

From The Wind Before the Dawn by Munger, Dell H.

Here's a nubia, too, you kin have; it'll look better than that little hat you had on last night.

From Lovey Mary by Rice, Alice Caldwell Hegan