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Definition of Nubian Desert
1. Noun. An arid sandstone plateau in northeastern Sudan between the Nile and the Red Sea.
Group relationships: Republic Of The Sudan, Soudan, Sudan, Arabian Desert, Great Arabian Desert
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nubian Desert
Literary usage of Nubian Desert
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Literature of Egypt and the Soudan from the Earliest Times to the Year by Ibrahim-Hilmy (1888)
"... at Syene—Isle of Elephantine— Distant view of the Nubian Desert—Ludicrous
scene —Island of ... Hussein —Tlie Nubian Desert ..."
2. Four Thousand Miles of African Travel: A Personal Record of a Journey Up the by Alvan S. Southworth (1875)
"CROSSING THE Nubian Desert. ON the 15th of January we disembarked from the ...
and prepared to set out from Korosko to cross the Nubian Desert. ..."
3. Through the Heart of Africa: Being an Account of a Journey on Bicycles and by Frank Hulme Melland, Edward H. Cholmeley (1912)
"... and market-place—School and hospital—The Gordon College—The Nubian Desert—Wady
Haifa. THE Gordon Pasha is an example of the best type of stern-wheeler ..."
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