"Nubia" meaning in All languages combined

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Proper name [English]

Rhymes: -uːbiə Etymology: Contested. At root probably a geographical rather than an ethnic designation. (See Nubians § Etymology on Wikipedia.Wikipedia) The related term Noba was used (with some uncertainty even among the writers as to its meaning) both for a people already living in the area and for those who conquered it in the 4th century CE. Etymology templates: {{pedia|Nubians#Etymology|Nubians § Etymology}} Nubians § Etymology on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Nubia
  1. The region of the valley of the upper Nile, now part of Sudan (Upper Nubia) and far-southern Egypt (Lower Nubia); Categories (place): Historical polities
    Sense id: en-Nubia-en-name-hjEtf4qE Disambiguation of Historical polities: 50 50 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 50 50
  2. The region of the valley of the upper Nile, now part of Sudan (Upper Nubia) and far-southern Egypt (Lower Nubia); Tags: broadly, historical Categories (place): Historical polities
    Sense id: en-Nubia-en-name-1WbhsEp7 Disambiguation of Historical polities: 50 50 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hyponyms: Lower Nubia, Upper Nubia Related terms: Nubian, Nubiology Translations (ancient kingdom): Nubië (Afrikaans), Nubia (Albanian), النُّوبَة (an-nūba) [feminine] (Arabic), Նուբիա (Nubia) (Armenian), Nubiya (Azerbaijani), Nubia (Basque), Ну́бія (Núbija) [feminine] (Belarusian), Нубия (Nubija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), Núbia [feminine] (Catalan), 努比亞 (Chinese Mandarin), 努比亚 (Nǔbǐyà) (Chinese Mandarin), Núbie [feminine] (Czech), Nubien [common-gender] (Danish), Nubië [feminine] (Dutch), Nubio (Esperanto), Nuubia (Estonian), Nubia (Finnish), Nubie [feminine] (French), Nubia [feminine] (Galician), ნუბია (nubia) (Georgian), Nubien [neuter] (German), Νουβία (Nouvía) [feminine] (Greek), נוביה (nubíyah) [feminine] (Hebrew), Núbia (Hungarian), Núbía [feminine] (Icelandic), Nubia (Indonesian), Nubia [feminine] (Italian), ヌビア (Nubia) (Japanese), Нубия (Nubiä) (Kazakh), 누비아 (nubia) (Korean), Нубия (Nubiya) (Kyrgyz), Nūbija [feminine] (Latvian), Nubija [feminine] (Lithuanian), Нубија (Nubija) [feminine] (Macedonian), Nubia (Malay), नुबिया (nubiyā) [neuter] (Marathi), Nubia (Norwegian Bokmål), Nubia (Norwegian Nynorsk), نوبه (nûbâ) (Persian), Nubia [feminine] (Polish), Núbia [feminine] (Portuguese), Nubia [feminine] (Romanian), Ну́бия (Núbija) [feminine] (Russian), Нубија [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), Nubija [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), Núbia [feminine] (Slovak), Nubija [feminine] (Slovene), Nubia [feminine] (Spanish), Nubien [common-gender] (Swedish), นิวเบีย (niu-biia) (Thai), Nübye (Turkish), Ну́бія (Núbija) [feminine] (Ukrainian), Nubiya (Uzbek), Nubia (Vietnamese)
Disambiguation of 'ancient kingdom': 51 49

Proper name [Polish]

IPA: /ˈnu.bja/ Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], Nubia [nominative, singular], Nubii [genitive, singular], Nubii [dative, singular], Nubię [accusative, singular], Nubią [instrumental, singular], Nubii [locative, singular], Nubio [singular, vocative]
Rhymes: -ubja Head templates: {{head|pl|proper noun|g=f}} Nubia f Inflection templates: {{pl-decl-noun-sing|Nubia|Nubii|Nubii|Nubię|Nubią|Nubii|Nubio}}
  1. Nubia Tags: feminine

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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Nubii",
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        "locative",
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      ]
    },
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      ]
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      "args": {
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    }
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      },
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    }
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  "lang_code": "pl",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Polish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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            "Links with manual fragments",
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        {
          "kind": "other",
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      ]
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈnu.bja/"
    },
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}
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  "categories": [
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    "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "English lemmas",
    "English proper nouns",
    "English uncountable nouns",
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  "etymology_text": "Contested. At root probably a geographical rather than an ethnic designation. (See Nubians § Etymology on Wikipedia.Wikipedia)\nThe related term Noba was used (with some uncertainty even among the writers as to its meaning) both for a people already living in the area and for those who conquered it in the 4th century CE.",
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    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
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    {
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          "ref": "1819, John Lewis Burckhardt, Travels in Nubia, Association for Promoting the Discovery of the Interior Parts of Africa, page 144",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1978, Friedrich W. Hinkel, Exodus from Nubia, Akademie Verlag, page 27",
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          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2019, Johannes Auenmüller, “Topography and Regional Geography of Nubia: River, Cataract and Desert Landscapes”, in Dietrich Raue, editor, Handbook of Ancient Nubia, volume 1, Walter de Gruyter, page 39",
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        }
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      ]
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          "Sudan",
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          "Upper Nubia",
          "Upper Nubia"
        ],
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          "Egypt",
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          "Lower Nubia",
          "Lower Nubia"
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        "The region of the valley of the upper Nile, now part of Sudan (Upper Nubia) and far-southern Egypt (Lower Nubia);\n"
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        "historical"
      ]
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      "rhymes": "-uːbiə"
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      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "ancient kingdom",
      "word": "Nubië"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "ancient kingdom",
      "word": "Nubia"
    },
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      "sense": "ancient kingdom",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "النُّوبَة"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "Nubia",
      "sense": "ancient kingdom",
      "word": "Նուբիա"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "ancient kingdom",
      "word": "Nubiya"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "ancient kingdom",
      "word": "Nubia"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "Núbija",
      "sense": "ancient kingdom",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Ну́бія"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "Nubija",
      "sense": "ancient kingdom",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Нубия"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "ancient kingdom",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Núbia"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "ancient kingdom",
      "word": "努比亞"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "Nǔbǐyà",
      "sense": "ancient kingdom",
      "word": "努比亚"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "ancient kingdom",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Núbie"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "ancient kingdom",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "Nubien"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "ancient kingdom",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Nubië"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "ancient kingdom",
      "word": "Nubio"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "ancient kingdom",
      "word": "Nuubia"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "ancient kingdom",
      "word": "Nubia"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "ancient kingdom",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Nubie"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "ancient kingdom",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Nubia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "nubia",
      "sense": "ancient kingdom",
      "word": "ნუბია"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "ancient kingdom",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Nubien"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "Nouvía",
      "sense": "ancient kingdom",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Νουβία"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "nubíyah",
      "sense": "ancient kingdom",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "נוביה"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "ancient kingdom",
      "word": "Núbia"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "ancient kingdom",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Núbía"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "ancient kingdom",
      "word": "Nubia"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "ancient kingdom",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Nubia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "Nubia",
      "sense": "ancient kingdom",
      "word": "ヌビア"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "Nubiä",
      "sense": "ancient kingdom",
      "word": "Нубия"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "nubia",
      "sense": "ancient kingdom",
      "word": "누비아"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "Nubiya",
      "sense": "ancient kingdom",
      "word": "Нубия"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "ancient kingdom",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Nūbija"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "ancient kingdom",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Nubija"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "Nubija",
      "sense": "ancient kingdom",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Нубија"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "ancient kingdom",
      "word": "Nubia"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "nubiyā",
      "sense": "ancient kingdom",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "नुबिया"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "ancient kingdom",
      "word": "Nubia"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "ancient kingdom",
      "word": "Nubia"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "nûbâ",
      "sense": "ancient kingdom",
      "word": "نوبه"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "ancient kingdom",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Nubia"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "ancient kingdom",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Núbia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "ancient kingdom",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Nubia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Núbija",
      "sense": "ancient kingdom",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Ну́бия"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "ancient kingdom",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Нубија"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "ancient kingdom",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Nubija"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "ancient kingdom",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Núbia"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "ancient kingdom",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Nubija"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "ancient kingdom",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Nubia"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "ancient kingdom",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "Nubien"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "niu-biia",
      "sense": "ancient kingdom",
      "word": "นิวเบีย"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "ancient kingdom",
      "word": "Nübye"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "Núbija",
      "sense": "ancient kingdom",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Ну́бія"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "ancient kingdom",
      "word": "Nubiya"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "ancient kingdom",
      "word": "Nubia"
    }
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    "Noba",
    "Nubia"
  ],
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}

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      "form": "no-table-tags",
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        "table-tags"
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        "inflection-template"
      ]
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      "form": "Nubia",
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      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "Nubii",
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      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Nubii",
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      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Nubię",
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      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "Nubią",
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Nubii",
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    }
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        "Polish proper nouns",
        "Polish terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Polish terms with audio links",
        "Rhymes:Polish/ubja",
        "Rhymes:Polish/ubja/2 syllables"
      ],
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        "Nubia"
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        [
          "Nubia",
          "#English"
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈnu.bja/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ubja"
    }
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}

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