[noo-mid-ee-uh, nyoo-] 
| an ancient country in N Africa, corresponding roughly to modern Algeria. |
| Nu·mid·i·a (nōō-mĭd'ē-ə, nyōō-) An ancient country of northwest Africa corresponding roughly to present-day Algeria. It was part of the Carthaginian empire before the Punic Wars and became a separate kingdom after 201 B.C. Conquered by Rome in 46 B.C. and invaded by the Vandals in the fifth century A.D., Numidia was overrun by the Arabs in the eighth century. Nu·mid'i·an adj. & n. |
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