"Nubian" meaning in English

See Nubian in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more Nubian [comparative], most Nubian [superlative]
Etymology: From Nubia + -an. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|Nubia|an}} Nubia + -an Head templates: {{en-adj}} Nubian (comparative more Nubian, superlative most Nubian)
  1. Pertaining to Nubia, its people or its language. Categories (topical): Demonyms Categories (place): Sudan Translations (pertaining to Nubia, its people or its language): нубі́йскі (nubíjski) (Belarusian), núbijský (Czech), nubisk (Danish), nubisk (Norwegian Bokmål), nubisk (Norwegian Nynorsk), нуби́йский (nubíjskij) (Russian), nubisk (Swedish), нубі́йський (nubíjsʹkyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-Nubian-en-adj-QGwt2QAk Disambiguation of Demonyms: 32 6 21 18 6 17 Disambiguation of Sudan: 32 36 9 15 0 7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -an, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Belarusian translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Nobiin translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Old Nubian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 11 19 18 2 16 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -an: 38 7 24 15 1 15 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 38 7 23 15 1 16 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 26 4 31 14 4 22 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 37 3 22 20 0 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Belarusian translations: 36 7 19 17 7 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 25 5 17 20 14 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 40 5 18 18 4 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Nobiin translations: 42 4 19 19 0 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 34 9 19 18 7 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 40 4 19 19 2 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Old Nubian translations: 41 4 18 21 0 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 48 7 17 16 1 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 37 7 19 18 6 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 36 8 19 19 6 13 Disambiguation of 'pertaining to Nubia, its people or its language': 88 6 5
  2. (now largely obsolete) Pertaining to Africa, and its people or language. Categories (place): Sudan
    Sense id: en-Nubian-en-adj-d51N4wBe Disambiguation of Sudan: 32 36 9 15 0 7
  3. (Afrocentrism) Dark-skinned, as of Africans and people of African descent.
    Sense id: en-Nubian-en-adj-8BE8d5WR Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Terms with Czech translations Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 26 4 31 14 4 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 25 5 17 20 14 18
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (See Thesaurus): African

Noun

Forms: Nubians [plural]
Etymology: From Nubia + -an. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|Nubia|an}} Nubia + -an Head templates: {{en-noun}} Nubian (plural Nubians)
  1. An inhabitant of ancient Nubia or a person of Nubian descent. Categories (place): Sudan Translations (inhabitant of ancient Nubia or a person of Nubian descent): нубі́ец (nubíjec) [masculine] (Belarusian), нубі́йка (nubíjka) [feminine] (Belarusian), Núbijec [masculine] (Czech), Núbijka [feminine] (Czech), nH-H-s-y (nḥsj) (Egyptian), nob (Nobiin), nubier (Norwegian Bokmål), nubiar (Norwegian Nynorsk), ⳡⲟⲡ (ñop) (Old Nubian), нуби́ец (nubíjec) [masculine] (Russian), нуби́йка (nubíjka) [feminine] (Russian), nubier [common-gender] (Swedish), нубі́єць (nubíjecʹ) [masculine] (Ukrainian), нубі́йка (nubíjka) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-Nubian-en-noun-tM6Sz9p4 Disambiguation of Sudan: 32 36 9 15 0 7 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Terms with Czech translations Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 26 4 31 14 4 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 25 5 17 20 14 18 Disambiguation of 'inhabitant of ancient Nubia or a person of Nubian descent': 75 10 15
  2. (now largely obsolete) An African or person of African descent.
    Sense id: en-Nubian-en-noun-qDotULwV Categories (other): Terms with Czech translations Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 25 5 17 20 14 18
  3. (Afrocentrism) A person with dark skin, as of Africans and people of African descent.
    Sense id: en-Nubian-en-noun-7Fg3xtfD Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Terms with Czech translations Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 26 4 31 14 4 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 25 5 17 20 14 18

Inflected forms

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        "A person with dark skin, as of Africans and people of African descent."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Afrocentrism",
          "Afrocentrism"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Afrocentrism) A person with dark skin, as of Africans and people of African descent."
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "nubíjec",
      "sense": "inhabitant of ancient Nubia or a person of Nubian descent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "нубі́ец"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "nubíjka",
      "sense": "inhabitant of ancient Nubia or a person of Nubian descent",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "нубі́йка"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "inhabitant of ancient Nubia or a person of Nubian descent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Núbijec"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "inhabitant of ancient Nubia or a person of Nubian descent",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Núbijka"
    },
    {
      "code": "egy",
      "lang": "Egyptian",
      "roman": "nḥsj",
      "sense": "inhabitant of ancient Nubia or a person of Nubian descent",
      "word": "nH-H-s-y"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "inhabitant of ancient Nubia or a person of Nubian descent",
      "word": "nubier"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "inhabitant of ancient Nubia or a person of Nubian descent",
      "word": "nubiar"
    },
    {
      "code": "fia",
      "lang": "Nobiin",
      "sense": "inhabitant of ancient Nubia or a person of Nubian descent",
      "word": "nob"
    },
    {
      "code": "onw",
      "lang": "Old Nubian",
      "roman": "ñop",
      "sense": "inhabitant of ancient Nubia or a person of Nubian descent",
      "word": "ⳡⲟⲡ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nubíjec",
      "sense": "inhabitant of ancient Nubia or a person of Nubian descent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "нуби́ец"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nubíjka",
      "sense": "inhabitant of ancient Nubia or a person of Nubian descent",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "нуби́йка"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "inhabitant of ancient Nubia or a person of Nubian descent",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "nubier"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "nubíjecʹ",
      "sense": "inhabitant of ancient Nubia or a person of Nubian descent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "нубі́єць"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "nubíjka",
      "sense": "inhabitant of ancient Nubia or a person of Nubian descent",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "нубі́йка"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Nubian"
}

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    "English terms suffixed with -an",
    "Entries with translation boxes",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Terms with Belarusian translations",
    "Terms with Czech translations",
    "Terms with Danish translations",
    "Terms with Nobiin translations",
    "Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations",
    "Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations",
    "Terms with Old Nubian translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Swedish translations",
    "Terms with Ukrainian translations",
    "en:Demonyms",
    "en:Sudan"
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    {
      "word": "Anglo-Nubian"
    },
    {
      "word": "Anglo-Nubian goat"
    },
    {
      "word": "Nubian Desert"
    },
    {
      "word": "Nubian giraffe"
    },
    {
      "word": "Nubian goat"
    },
    {
      "word": "Nubian ibex"
    },
    {
      "word": "Nubian knot"
    },
    {
      "word": "Nubian lion"
    },
    {
      "word": "Nubian queen"
    },
    {
      "word": "Nubian woodpecker"
    },
    {
      "word": "Old Nubian"
    }
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      },
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    }
  ],
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    {
      "form": "more Nubian",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most Nubian",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    }
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        "Pertaining to Nubia, its people or its language."
      ],
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          "Nubia",
          "Nubia"
        ],
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          "people",
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      "categories": [
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        "Pertaining to Africa, and its people or language."
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          "pertain"
        ],
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          "Africa",
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        ],
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          "people",
          "people"
        ],
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        "(now largely obsolete) Pertaining to Africa, and its people or language."
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Dark-skinned, as of Africans and people of African descent."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Afrocentrism",
          "Afrocentrism"
        ],
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          "Dark-skinned",
          "dark-skinned"
        ],
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          "African"
        ],
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          "descent",
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        "(Afrocentrism) Dark-skinned, as of Africans and people of African descent."
      ]
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    {
      "sense": "See Thesaurus",
      "word": "African"
    }
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    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "nubíjski",
      "sense": "pertaining to Nubia, its people or its language",
      "word": "нубі́йскі"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "pertaining to Nubia, its people or its language",
      "word": "núbijský"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "pertaining to Nubia, its people or its language",
      "word": "nubisk"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "pertaining to Nubia, its people or its language",
      "word": "nubisk"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "pertaining to Nubia, its people or its language",
      "word": "nubisk"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nubíjskij",
      "sense": "pertaining to Nubia, its people or its language",
      "word": "нуби́йский"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "pertaining to Nubia, its people or its language",
      "word": "nubisk"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "nubíjsʹkyj",
      "sense": "pertaining to Nubia, its people or its language",
      "word": "нубі́йський"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Nubian"
}

Download raw JSONL data for Nubian meaning in English (7.1kB)

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  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: Afrocentrism",
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  "subsection": "adjective",
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}

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