Cush

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English

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Etymology

Biblical Hebrew כוש‎ (“Ethiopia, Ethiopians”).

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Cush

  1. (biblical) the son of Ham and grandson of Noah, progenitor of the African peoples
  2. (biblical) a Benjamite mentioned only in the title of Psalm 7
  3. an Iron Age kingdom on the middle Nile, in what is now northern Sudan

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