Negusa Nagast

E161990
Ge'ez-language term royal title

Negusa Nagast is the traditional Ge'ez title meaning "King of Kings," historically used by Ethiopian emperors as a symbol of supreme imperial authority.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Negusa Nagast canonical 4
Negusa Nagastə 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Ge'ez-language term ⓘ
royal title ⓘ
appearsIn Kebra Nagast ⓘ
associatedWithCapital Addis Ababa ⓘ
Aksum ⓘ
Gondar ⓘ
associatedWithDynasty Solomonic dynasty ⓘ
Zagwe dynasty ⓘ
associatedWithRegalia Ethiopian imperial crown ⓘ
imperial regalia of Ethiopia ⓘ
surface form: Ethiopian imperial throne
associatedWithReligion Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church ⓘ
associatedWithTitleHolder Haile Selassie I ⓘ
Menelik II ⓘ
Tewodros II ⓘ
Yohannes IV ⓘ
claimsDescentFrom King Solomon ⓘ
QueenOfSheba ⓘ
surface form: Queen of Sheba
country Ethiopia ⓘ
culturalContext Ethiopian Empire ⓘ
denotesRank emperor ⓘ
sovereign ⓘ
supreme monarch ⓘ
governsOver Ethiopian Empire ⓘ
hasFemaleCounterpart Itege ⓘ
hasGender masculine title ⓘ
hasVariantSpelling Negusa Nagast self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Negusa Nagastə

Fetha Nagast ⓘ
surface form: Nəgusä Nägäst
higherRankThan Negus ⓘ
language Ge'ez ⓘ
lastBearer Haile Selassie I ⓘ
literalMeaning King of Kings ⓘ
partOf Ethiopian imperial titulature ⓘ
precededBy Negus ⓘ
region Horn of Africa ⓘ
relatedConcept Basileus ⓘ
surface form: Basileus Basileōn

Imperator ⓘ
Shahanshah of Persia ⓘ
surface form: Shahanshah
script Geʽez script ⓘ
surface form: Ge'ez script
symbolizes continuity of the Ethiopian monarchy ⓘ
supreme imperial authority ⓘ
universal kingship ⓘ
timePeriod antiquity to 20th century ⓘ
typeOfMonarchy hereditary monarchy ⓘ
usedBy Emperor of Ethiopia ⓘ
surface form: Ethiopian emperors

House of Solomon ⓘ
Solomonic dynasty ⓘ
Zagwe dynasty ⓘ
usedInCoronation Ethiopian imperial coronation ceremonies ⓘ
usedUntil 1974 ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Haile Selassie I → title → Negusa Nagast ⓘ
Solomonic dynasty → usesTitle → Negusa Nagast ⓘ
Negus of Abyssinia → successorTitle → Negusa Nagast ⓘ
Negusa Nagast → hasVariantSpelling → Negusa Nagast self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Negusa Nagastə
Emperor of Ethiopia → alsoKnownAs → Negusa Nagast ⓘ