kentake
kentake is the alternative form of candace.
Meaning of candace
Noun
candace (plural candaces)
- 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.1995, Wilton Barnhardt, Gospel: A Novel, →ISBN, page 693
Forms of kentake
| plural | kentakes |
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Questions about kentake
- What is kentake the alternative form of?
- Kentake is the alternative form of candace.
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