Unnumbered source etymology
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Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryThe region of the upper Nile valley between its main cataracts, now part of southern Egypt and northern Sudan. · A former polity ruling that region, particularly Makuria.
The origin of this word is contested. At root it is 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.
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