adj · noun · 8 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Australian:/ˈnjʉːbiːən/
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Pertaining to Nubia, or to the Nubian ethnolinguistic group belonging to the Eastern Sudanic language family.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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2
adj
Meaning 2
Pertaining to Africa, and its people or language.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: now largely obsolete
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3
adj
Meaning 3
Dark-skinned, as of Africans and people of African descent.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
An inhabitant of ancient Nubia or a member of the corresponding ethnolinguistic group belonging to the Eastern Sudanic language family.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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5
noun
Meaning 5
An African or person of African descent.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: now largely obsolete
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noun
Meaning 6
A person with dark skin, as of Africans and people of African descent.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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7
noun
Meaning 7
Synonym of Anglo-Nubian goat.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Anglo-Nubian goat
Antonyms: none provided
8
noun
Meaning 8
a native or inhabitant of Nubia
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
Nubians now form an ethnic minority in Egypt
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: ethnic group, ethnos, Egyptian
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English Nubia Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Nubian From Nubia + -an.
Across languages
Translations
32 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Belarusian:
нубі́йскі
(nubíjski)
— pertaining to Nubia, its people or its language
Bulgarian:
нуби́йски
(nubíjski)
— pertaining to Nubia, its people or its language
Czech:
núbijský
— pertaining to Nubia, its people or its language
Danish:
nubisk
— pertaining to Nubia, its people or its language
Dutch:
Nubisch
— pertaining to Nubia, its people or its language
Finnish:
nubialainen
— pertaining to Nubia, its people or its language
Norwegian Bokmål:
nubisk
— pertaining to Nubia, its people or its language
Norwegian Nynorsk:
nubisk
— pertaining to Nubia, its people or its language
Polish:
nubijski
— pertaining to Nubia, its people or its language
Russian:
нуби́йский
(nubíjskij)
— pertaining to Nubia, its people or its language
Swedish:
nubisk
— pertaining to Nubia, its people or its language
Ukrainian:
нубі́йський
(nubíjsʹkyj)
— pertaining to Nubia, its people or its language
Belarusian:
нубі́ец
(nubíjec)
— inhabitant of ancient Nubia or a person of Nubian descent
Belarusian:
нубі́йка
(nubíjka)
— inhabitant of ancient Nubia or a person of Nubian descent
Bulgarian:
нуби́ец
(nubíec)
— inhabitant of ancient Nubia or a person of Nubian descent
Bulgarian:
нуби́йка
(nubíjka)
— inhabitant of ancient Nubia or a person of Nubian descent
Czech:
Núbijec
— inhabitant of ancient Nubia or a person of Nubian descent
Czech:
Núbijka
— inhabitant of ancient Nubia or a person of Nubian descent
Dutch:
Nubiër
— inhabitant of ancient Nubia or a person of Nubian descent
Egyptian:
nH-H-s-y
(nḥsj)
— inhabitant of ancient Nubia or a person of Nubian descent
Finnish:
nubialainen
— inhabitant of ancient Nubia or a person of Nubian descent
Norwegian Bokmål:
nubier
— inhabitant of ancient Nubia or a person of Nubian descent
Norwegian Nynorsk:
nubiar
— inhabitant of ancient Nubia or a person of Nubian descent
Nobiin:
nob
— inhabitant of ancient Nubia or a person of Nubian descent
Old Nubian:
ⳡⲟⲡ
(ñop)
— inhabitant of ancient Nubia or a person of Nubian descent
Polish:
Nubijczyk
— inhabitant of ancient Nubia or a person of Nubian descent
Polish:
Nubijka
— inhabitant of ancient Nubia or a person of Nubian descent
Russian:
нуби́ец
(nubíjec)
— inhabitant of ancient Nubia or a person of Nubian descent
Russian:
нуби́йка
(nubíjka)
— inhabitant of ancient Nubia or a person of Nubian descent
Swedish:
nubier
— inhabitant of ancient Nubia or a person of Nubian descent
Ukrainian:
нубі́єць
(nubíjecʹ)
— inhabitant of ancient Nubia or a person of Nubian descent
Ukrainian:
нубі́йка
(nubíjka)
— inhabitant of ancient Nubia or a person of Nubian descent
