Toponyms and Ethnonyms for Nubia

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By A. Simmons

Latin Greek Arabic Hebrew
Axumae Αξούμ Bilād al-Sūdān Kūš
Chus Κους Al-Meruwah Ma’atūm <ref>See Benjamin of Tudela in the Oriental Source-book</ref>
Meroe Μερόε Al-Kūsh Nūbyāʾ
Nobadae Νοβαδἰα Al-Muqurra
Alodaei Μακουρία Al-Alwa
Makurritae Αἰθιοπία An-Nūba
Aethiopia Νουβία Al-Marīs
Nubia
Capheturici <ref>See John of Würzburg in the Occidental Source-book.</ref>
Azopart <ref>See Albert d'Aix in the Occidental Source-book</ref>

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