Definition of Numidian. Meaning of Numidian. Synonyms of Numidian

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Definition of Numidian

Numidian
Numidian Nu*mid"i*an, a. Of or pertaining to ancient Numidia in Northern Africa. Numidian crane. (Zo["o]l.) See Demoiselle, 2.

Meaning of Numidian from wikipedia

- Numidia was the ancient kingdom of the Numidians in northwest Africa, initially comprising the territory that now makes up Algeria, but later expanding...
- The Numidians were the Berber po****tion of Numidia (present-day Algeria). The Numidians were originally a semi-nomadic people, they migrated frequently...
- Numidian cavalry was a type of light cavalry developed by the Numidians. They were used by Hannibal during the Second Punic War. Numidian cavalry is first...
- Numidian[needs IPA] was a language spoken in ancient Numidia. The script in which it was written, the Libyco-Berber alphabet (from which Tifinagh descended)...
- The Barbary lion, also called the North African lion, Atlas lion, and Egyptian lion, is an extinct po****tion of the lion subspecies Panthera leo leo....
- plundering the Numidian countryside, seizing minor Numidian towns and fortresses trying to provoke Jugurtha into a set-piece battle, but the Numidian king refused...
- Masinissa (Numidian: , Masnsen; c. 238 BC – 148 BC: 180, 183 ), also spelled M****inissa, M****ena and M****an, was an ancient Numidian king best known for...
- Saburra was a Numidian general who served the king of Numidia, Juba I, and fought Julius Caesar during Caesar's Civil War. He managed to defeat one of...
- Carthaginians and their Numidian allies were repeatedly beaten in battle and the Roman ally Masinissa became the leading Numidian ruler. Scipio and Carthage...
- Gaia (Numidian: GJJ) (died 207 BCE) was a Berber king of the M****ylii, an eastern Numidian tribe in North Africa. Gaia reigned during the Second Punic...