Candace
proper nounnounattested in dialogue
- //ˈkæn.dɪs//
A female given name from Ancient Greek.
proper noun
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A female given name from Ancient Greek.
He aroſe and went on / and beholde a man off ethiopia which was gelded / and of grete auctoꝛite with Candace qune of the ethiopians / which had the rule off all her treaſure / cam to Ieruſalem foꝛ to pꝛaye.
Candace Rivers’ involvement with trucking began, fittingly, on Interstate 20 not far from her hometown of Oxford, Alabama.
Etymology
From Latin Candacē, from Ancient Greek Κανδάκη (Kandákē), from Meroitic 𐦲𐦷𐦲𐦡 (kdke /kandakə/), a hereditary title of ancient queens of Napata (northern Sudan).
noun
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Variant of candaceAlternative letter-case form of candace (a Nubian queen).
Regardless of this treaty, Nubian attacks on Lower Nubia continued and—as was mentioned before—Strabo recorded the attack of a Candace of Kush on Elephantine and Philae, in which the Nubians looted the towns […]
Forms
- plural
- Candaces
Candace · A female given name from Ancient Greek.
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