Definitions for nubias

nubias nu·bi·a

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

Nubias is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 114 anagrams from letters in nubias (abinsu).

Definitions for nubias

noun

  1. a light, knitted woolen head scarf for women.
  2. a region in S Egypt and the Sudan, N of Khartoum, extending from the Nile to the Red Sea.
  3. Kingdom of, an ancient state in Nubia, 2000 b.c.–a.d.
  4. Lake. Nasser, Lake.

Origin of nubias

1855-60; Latin nūb(ēs) a cloud + -ia

Examples for nubias

What part of the world is this where you live—nubia or Abyssinia?

I left Assouan on February 24, 1813, to make my journey through nubia.

Troops from Libya, from nubia and Ethiopia made up her armies.

In Egypt and nubia they are eaten only by the poorest beggars.

It is abreast of nubia, the Soudan, and is the outlet of its commerce.

Siout owes its present importance to the caravan trade with Darfur and nubia.

You are now 580 miles south of Cairo and 730 from the Mediterranean, on the borders of nubia.

He is a nubian, for here we are on the borders of nubia, now counted part of Egypt.

Between Egypt and nubia there is full twelve days of desert.

The DCF dossier chronicles in heartbreaking detail how nubia and Victor were betrayed by not one family but two.

Word Value for nubias
Scrable

7

Words with friends

10

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