Shagia

noun

Sha·​gia

shəˈgēə

plural Shagia or Shagias

: a nomadic people of mixed Semitic origin inhabiting both sides of the Nile near the Third Cataract, speaking Arabic, and probably descended from invaders from Arabia about the 7th century

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