Cushite
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Cushite may refer to :
- Cushitic languagesCushitic languagesThe Cushitic languages are a branch of the Afroasiatic language family spoken in the Horn of Africa, Tanzania, Kenya, Sudan and Egypt. They are named after the Biblical character Cush, who was identified as an ancestor of the speakers of these specific languages as early as AD 947...
- North Cushitic
- Central Cushitic
- Highland East Cushitic
- Lowland East Cushitic
- South Cushitic
- the historical Kingdom of KushKingdom of KushThe native name of the Kingdom was likely kaš, recorded in Egyptian as .The name Kash is probably connected to Cush in the Hebrew Bible , son of Ham ....
- a biblical tribal name, see Cush (Bible)
- a Hebrew racial term for "African", see CushiCushiThe word Cushi, also spelled Kushi is a Hebrew term generally used to refer to a dark skinned person usually of African descent and was recently interpreted as being similar in meaning to the English word Negro...