Definition of "nubia" [nubia]

• A light, knitted head scarf worn by women. (noun)

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• "france will make this into a movie, with the parents being albanian or something, if the name "nubia" means "black girl", their directors would KILL each other for the opportunity to make this film consider the 250 million francophone speakers in africa that outnumber france with 60 million for the "cult" notoriety. in fact, it's almost identical to "i stand alone"."
• "On mild summer evenings she would come down stairs with her head wrapped in a pink knitted "nubia," and stroll back and forth along the gravelled walk, her gaunt figure passing into the dusk of the cedar avenue and emerging like the erratic shadow of one of the sombre trees."
• "And there, too, was Ellen Ember, wearing a white book muslin and a rosy "nubia" that had been her mother's; and Ellen's face was uplifted, and of pale distinction under the bronze glory of her hair, but all that evening she smiled and sang and wondered, in utter absence of the spirit."