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 walked forward to lay her mittens on the table before she brushed the snow from her shoulders and leggings and untwisted and shook out her nubia.

From The Biography of a Prairie Girl by Gates, Eleanor

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

Young Lucretia's face, with very pink cheeks, and smooth lines of red hair over the temples, looked gayly and honestly out of the hood and nubia.

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

She was busy counting the stitches in a nubia she was knitting for old Aunt Pashy, Roebuck.

From Back Home by Wood, Eugene

Symes shoved up the shade to see the lovely Pearline Starr, with her head tied in a nubia, fighting her way through his front gate.

From The Lady Doc by Lockhart, Caroline