Candace

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Candace is the Greco-Roman rendering of the royal title "Kandake," historically used for queens or queen mothers of the ancient Kingdom of Kush in Nubia.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Greco-Roman name
royal title
appearsIn classical sources
associatedWith Kingdom of Kush NERFINISHED
Nubia NERFINISHED
culturalContext Greco-Roman historiography
Kushite culture
denotes queen
queen mother
equivalentTitle Kandake NERFINISHED
etymologicallyRelatedTo Kandake NERFINISHED
genderAssociation female
geographicalScope Meroitic Kush NERFINISHED
Upper Nile region NERFINISHED
historicallyUsedBy Kushite elites
historicalPeriod antiquity
historicalRegion ancient Nubia NERFINISHED
languageFormOf Kandake NERFINISHED
linkedTo African antiquity
Nubian monarchy NERFINISHED
originatesFrom Kushite royal court NERFINISHED
refersTo Kandake NERFINISHED
roleInSociety designation of royal female authority
semanticField queenship
royalty
titleFor female monarch
typeOf hereditary royal style
monarchical title
usedFor queen mothers of Kush NERFINISHED
ruling queens of Kush
usedIn Greco-Roman world NERFINISHED

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Caddy givenName Candace
subject surface form: Caddy Compson
Candice hasVariant Candace
kandake transcribedAs Candace
subject surface form: Kandake