Explore Numidia through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like kingdom or realm. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Numidia meaning
- A historical region and ancient Berber kingdom located in North Africa, initially situated in modern Algeria but later expanding into Tunisia and Libya.
- A former province of the Roman Empire, approximately located in modern northeastern Algeria.
- A female given name.
Using Numidia
- The main meaning on this page is: A historical region and ancient Berber kingdom located in North Africa, initially situated in modern Algeria but later expanding into Tunisia and Libya. | A former province of the Roman Empire, approximately located in modern northeastern Algeria. | A female given name.
- Useful related words include: kingdom, realm.
- In the example corpus, numidia often appears in combinations such as: in numidia, to numidia, of numidia.
Context around Numidia
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 4 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 11 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Numidia
- In this selection, "numidia" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, invaded, dividing, placing, current and modern stand out and add context to how "numidia" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include by dividing numidia into two and debt to numidia. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "numidia" sits close to words such as aadi, aayush and abbottabad, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with numidia
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
In 118 BC, King Micipsa of Numidia (current-day Algeria and Tunisia) died. (13 words)
Genseric offered battle instead, and Bonifacius was besieged at Hippo Regius in Numidia by the sea. (16 words)
He was a pupil of Arnobius who taught at Sicca Veneria, an important town in Numidia. (16 words)
Religion * July 17 Twelve Christian inhabitants of Scillium in Numidia are executed in Carthage (also in North Africa ) (known as the Scillitan Martyrs ) they had refused to swear an oath to the Emperor. (33 words)
The Roman officials, allegedly due to bribes but perhaps more likely because of a desire to quickly end conflict in a profitable client kingdom, settled the fight by dividing Numidia into two parts. (33 words)
St. Augustine (354-430), Bishop of Hippo (modern Annaba ), was born at Tagaste in Numidia (modern Souk Ahras ), his mother being St. Monica (who evidently was of Berber heritage). (29 words)
Example sentences (11)
It immediately lost the war with Numidia, placing itself in debt yet again, this time to Numidia.
As a result, Carthage suffered a military defeat and was charged with another fifty year debt to Numidia.
Genseric offered battle instead, and Bonifacius was besieged at Hippo Regius in Numidia by the sea.
He was a pupil of Arnobius who taught at Sicca Veneria, an important town in Numidia.
In 118 BC, King Micipsa of Numidia (current-day Algeria and Tunisia) died.
Marius invaded Numidia and brought the war to a quick end, capturing Jugurtha in the process.
Numidia along with Egypt, Rome, and Carthage 200 BCE By the early 4th century BC, Berbers formed the single largest element of the Carthaginian army.
Religion * July 17 Twelve Christian inhabitants of Scillium in Numidia are executed in Carthage (also in North Africa ) (known as the Scillitan Martyrs ) they had refused to swear an oath to the Emperor.
St. Augustine (354-430), Bishop of Hippo (modern Annaba ), was born at Tagaste in Numidia (modern Souk Ahras ), his mother being St. Monica (who evidently was of Berber heritage).
The Roman officials, allegedly due to bribes but perhaps more likely because of a desire to quickly end conflict in a profitable client kingdom, settled the fight by dividing Numidia into two parts.
West of Numidia lay Mauretania, which extended across the Moulouya River in Morocco to the Atlantic Ocean.
Common combinations with numidia
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- in numidia 4×
- to numidia 2×
- of numidia 2×