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candace

nounattested in dialogue

Title of any Nubian (Kush) queen or queen mother.

noun

  1. 1

    Title of any Nubian (Kush) queen or queen mother.

    Shanakdekhete's namesake was a candace of the 160s B.C.E. who appears to have been the first sole female ruler of Meroe; her name appears on the Meroitic hieroglyphs at Naga, among the earliest examples of Meroitic known.

Etymology

See the entry Candace.

Forms

plural
candaces
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