ⲛⲟⲩⲃⲁⲇⲓⲁ
Coptic
![](Images/wiktionary/Wadi_es_Sebua_church_painting.png.webp)
19th century copy of a late 7th/early 8th century painting from the Wadi es Sebua temple-church in Lower Nubia.
Alternative forms
- ⲛⲟⲃⲁⲇⲓⲁ (nobadia) – Bohairic, Sahidic
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Νοβαδία (Nobadía).
Proper noun
ⲛⲟⲩⲃⲁⲇⲓⲁ • (noubadia) f
- Nubia, Nobatia (a region of Egypt, Sudan; former country in Africa)