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English
Etymology
From Latin Candacē, from Ancient Greek Κανδάκη (Kandákē), from Meroitic 𐦲𐦷𐦲𐦡 (kdke /kandakə/), a hereditary title of ancient queens of Napata (Northern Sudan).
Pronunciation
- (female given name) IPA(key): /ˈkæn.dɪs/
Proper noun
Candace (plural Candaces)
- A female given name from Ancient Greek.
1611, The Holy Bible, (King James Version), London: Robert Barker, , →OCLC, Acts 8:27–28:and, behold, a man of Ethiopia, an eunuch of great authority under Candace queen of the Ethiopians, who had the charge of all her treasure, and had come to Jerusalem for to worship, Was returning,
Noun
Candace (plural Candaces)
- Alternative letter-case form of candace (a Nubian queen).
2012, Hassan B. Abdelwahab, Influence (Supremacy) of Religion on Sudan's Foreign Policy, →ISBN: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 […]
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