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NUMIDIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Numidia mean?
• NUMIDIA (noun)
The noun NUMIDIA has 1 sense:
1. an ancient kingdom (later a Roman province) in North Africa in an area corresponding roughly to present-day Algeria
Familiarity information: NUMIDIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An ancient kingdom (later a Roman province) in North Africa in an area corresponding roughly to present-day Algeria
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
kingdom; realm (the domain ruled by a king or queen)
Holonyms ("Numidia" is a part of...):
North Africa (an area of northern Africa between the Sahara and the Mediterranean Sea)
Derivation:
Numidian (of or relating to ancient Numidia or its people or culture)
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