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The origin of the names Nubia and Nubian are contested. Based on cultural traits, some scholars believe Nubia is derived from the Ancient Egyptian: nbw "gold", [22] although there is no such usage of the term as an ethnonym or toponym that can be found in known Egyptian texts; the Egyptians referred to people from this area as the nḥsj.w.
Nubia (/ ˈ nj uː b i ə /, Nobiin: Nobīn, [2] Arabic: النُوبَة, romanized: an-Nūba) is a region along the Nile river encompassing the confluence of the Blue and White Niles (in Khartoum in central Sudan), and the area between the first cataract of the Nile (south of Aswan in southern Egypt) or more strictly, Al Dabbah.
The Ancient Egyptian classification of ancient peoples (from left to right): a Libyan, a Nubian, an Asiatic, and an Egyptian.Drawing by an unknown artist after a mural of the tomb of Seti I; Copy by Heinrich Menu von Minutoli (1820).
The term Nuba should not be confused with the Nubians, an unrelated ethnic group speaking the Nubian languages living in northern Sudan and southern Egypt, [6] although the Hill Nubians, who live in the Nuba Mountains, are also considered part of the Nubian people.
Nubian may refer to: Something of, from, or related to Nubia, a region along the Nile river in southern Egypt and northern Sudan Nubians; Nubian languages; Anglo-Nubian goat, a British breed of domestic goat; HMS Nubian, several ships of the British Royal Navy; Les Nubians, a French musical duo; Nubians (Uganda), or the Nubi, a people of Uganda
Egyptian people of Nubian descent (1 C, 23 P) Sudanese people of Nubian descent (6 P) K. Queens of Kush (1 C, 34 P) M. Nubian monarchs (2 C, 21 P) W. Nubian women (5 C)
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Hill Nubian or Kordofan Nubian, a group of closely related languages or dialects spoken in various villages in the northern Nuba Mountains; in particular by the Dilling, Debri, and Kadaru. An extinct language, Haraza , is known only from a few dozen words recalled by village elders in 1923.