Negus

See also negus

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Amharic ንጉሥ (n’gus, “king”).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA: /ˈniːɡəs/

Noun

Negus (plural Neguses)

1. (historical) A ruler of Ethiopia or of a province of Ethiopia; specifically, the supreme ruler of Ethiopia before 1974.
   • 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin 2010, p. 240:

     It was a Syrian merchant, Frumentius, who is credited with converting Ezana, the Negus (king or emperor) of the powerful northern Ethiopian state of Aksum.

Translations

supreme Ethiopian ruler

• Georgian: ნეგუსი (ka) (negusi)
• German: Negus (de) m

• Hungarian: négus (hu)

Proper noun

Negus

1. An English surname of unknown derivation

Anagrams

• genus