Negiste Negest

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Ethiopian title honorific title royal title

Negiste Negest is an honorific title in Ethiopia meaning "Queen of Kings," traditionally used for reigning empresses such as Empress Zewditu I.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Nəgusä Nägäst 1

Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Ethiopian title ⓘ
honorific title ⓘ
royal title ⓘ
analogousTo Emperor of Ethiopia NERFINISHED ⓘ
King of Kings NERFINISHED ⓘ
appliedTo female monarch ⓘ
reigning empress ⓘ
associatedDynasty Solomonic dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedReligion Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church NERFINISHED ⓘ
category Ethiopian imperial titles ⓘ
culturalSignificance symbol of supreme female sovereignty in Ethiopia ⓘ
domain Ethiopian monarchy NERFINISHED ⓘ
etymologyComponent Negest (kings) ⓘ
Negiste (queen) ⓘ
genderAssociation female ⓘ
grammaticalNumber singular ⓘ
holder Empress Zewditu I NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfOrigin Geʽez NERFINISHED ⓘ
meaning Queen of Kings NERFINISHED ⓘ
region Horn of Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ
royalRank empress ⓘ
sovereign ⓘ
scriptUsed Geʽez script NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriodOfUse medieval Ethiopia ⓘ
modern Ethiopia ⓘ
titleFor female counterpart of Negusa Nagast ⓘ
usedFor coronation protocol ⓘ
diplomatic address ⓘ
formal royal style ⓘ
usedIn Ethiopia NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Zewditu I → style → Negiste Negest ⓘ
Emperor of Ethiopia → alsoKnownAs → Negiste Negest ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nəgusä Nägäst