nubian

noun

1. a member of any of the various peoples inhabiting Nubia.
2. the Nilo-Saharan language of the Nubians.
3. a Nubian or black slave.
4. a Nubian horse.

adjective

5. of, relating to, or characteristic of Nubia, its people, or their language.

noun

1. a native or inhabitant of Nubia, an ancient region of NE Africa
2. the language spoken by the people of Nubia

adjective

3. of or relating to Nubia or its inhabitants
4. informal of or relating to Black culture

c.1400 (n.), c.1730 (adj.), from Medieval Latin Nubianus, from Nubia (see Nubia).