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発音

• (Australia) IPA: /ˈnjʉːbiːən/, /ˈnʉːbiːən/

名詞

Nubian (plural Nubians)

1. A person from Nubia, variously intending
   1. (informal) A person from the region of Nubia in modern Egypt and Sudan or a descendant of such a person.
   2. (historical) A person from any of the former states or provinces known as Nubia or a descendant of such a person.

      Hyponym: Nuba

   3. (literary, inexact) Synonym of person of color, any person with dark skin, particularly one from Africa.
   4. (obsolete, inexact) A black slave, particularly one from East Africa.
   5. (obsolete, inexact) An Ethiopian Christian, particularly a Tewahedo Orthodox Christian.

      Hypernyms: Oriental Orthodox, Monophysite

2. An animal from Nubia, particularly
   1. Short for Nubian goat or Anglo-Nubian goat.
   2. (obsolete, rare) A horse from the region of Nubia or a descendant of such a horse.
3. (obsolete, rare) A kind of black dress material.

形容詞

Nubian (comparative more Nubian, superlative most Nubian)

1. Of or related to Nubia, its animals, or the Nubian people.
2. Of or related to the Nubian group of the Eastern Sudanic language family.

   Hyponyms: Nobiin, Birgid, Hill Nubian, Midob, Kenzi, Dongolawi, Dongolese, Koldaji, Kulfan

3. (literary) Synonym of African (“of or related to Africa or dark-skinned people of African descent”).

派生語

アナグラム

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