MEGABARI
Eth.
MEGABARI (Eth.
Μεγάβαροι, Strab. xvii. pp. 786, 819;
Μεγάβαρδοι,
Ptol. 4.7.30; Megabarri,
Plin. Nat. 6.30. s. 35), a people of Aethiopia, near Meroe, also called Adibari according to some authorities (Plin.
l.c.), and possessing a town of Apollo. Their name appears to survive in the tribe of the
Mekaberab near
Schendy. (Ritter,
Erdkunde, vol. i. p. 663; Forbiger, vol. ii. p. 811.)