NUBIAN

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A native or inhabitant of Nubia

Example:

Nubians now form an ethnic minority in Egypt

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Nubian" is a kind of...):

ethnic group; ethnos (people of the same race or nationality who share a distinctive culture)

Egyptian (a native or inhabitant of Egypt)

Holonyms ("Nubian" is a member of...):

Nubia (an ancient region of northeastern Africa (southern Egypt and northern Sudan) on the Nile; much of Nubia is now under Lake Nasser)