כוש

Perhaps from Egyptian kꜣš (“Cush, Upper Nubia”).

כּוּשׁ • (kúsh)

1. the son of Ham and grandson of Noah, supposed progenitor of the African peoples
2. the peoples descended from Cush, Ethiopians, black Africans
3. the land occupied by the descendants of Cush located around the middle Nile, Ethiopia
4. a Benjamite mentioned only in the title of Psalm 7

• כּוּשִׁי‎

• English: Cush